A Primer Of Hinduism - HARDCOVER

About the Book:-A very informative and concise book that offers a historical perspective on the growth of Hinduism – political and literary. This 17 chapter book is very neatly divided in a distance epoch in the history of the development of Hinduism. The chapters describe the prehistoric period, the sacerdotal period, the creative period the philosophic period, the scholastic period, the incarnation period, the period of decadence, the period of reconstruction and the bhakti period among others. The 2nd edition, of which this work is a reprint, was published in 1914. About the Author :-John Nicol Farquhar (6 April 1861 – 17 July 1929) was a Scottish educational missionary to Calcutta, and an Orientalist. He is one of the pioneers who popularised the Fulfilment theology in India that Christ is the crown of Hinduism, though, Fulfilment thesis in Bengal was built on foundation originally laid in Madras by William Miller. He authored several books on Hinduism, notably, The Crown of Hindustan, A Primer of Hinduism, Gita and Gospel, and many alike. He arrived at Calcutta and started his missionary work by teaching at Bhowanipur for eleven years from 1891. He joined Young Men's Christian Association (YMCA) in 1902 as a national student secretary; later, as a literary secretary, a post which he held until 1923. While working at YMCA, he strived to enable the association to widen its appeal to students through lectures, through personal friendships, and through production of whole new body of literature of the highest grade that India had ever known before. Due to ill-health, he left India in 1923. He spent last six years of his life working as a professor of comparative religion in the University of Manchester. The Title 'A Primer Of Hinduism written/authored/edited by J. N. Farquhar', published in the year 2020. The ISBN 9788121239202 is assigned to the Hardcover version of this title