Religious Dynamics under the Impact of Imperialism and Colonialism: A SourcebookBjörn Bentlage, Marion Eggert, Hans Martin Krämer, Stefan Reichmuth This sourcebook offers rare insights into a formative period in the modern history of religions. Throughout the late 19th and the early 20th centuries, when commercial, political and cultural contacts intensified worldwide, politics and religions became ever more entangled. This volume offers a wide range of translated source texts from all over Asia, the Middle East, and Europe, thereby diminishing the difficulty of having to handle the plurality of involved languages and backgrounds. The ways in which the original authors, some prominent and others little known, thought about their own religion, its place in the world and its relation to other religions, allows for much needed insight into the shared and analogous challenges of an age dominated by imperialism and colonialism. |
Contents
Volume Introduction | 1 |
Section 1 Religion and the Order of Knowledge | 11 |
Introduction to Section 1 | 13 |
Which One Is the Right Religion for Chinas Future? China 1905 | 21 |
Buddhism Is neither Religion nor Philosophy but What the Present Generation Is in Need of China 1922 | 30 |
On the Necessity of Reform of Religion Korea 1920 | 40 |
Grains of GoldTales of a Cosmopolitan Traveller Tibet 1941 | 54 |
A Book on Various Things Thailand 1867 | 63 |
Presidential Address to the 25th Annual Session of the AllIndia Muslim League at Allahabad India 1930 | 265 |
The Light of Truth India 1884 | 273 |
Introduction to the First Annual Volume of alManār Egypt 1909 | 293 |
Government from the Perspective of Islam Iran 1909 | 305 |
Letter to the Missionary Herald Turkey 1860 and Baha Said Bey Alevi Communities in TurkeyTurkey 1926 | 325 |
Slavery within Freedom Russia 1891 | 339 |
On the Relationship of the German State to Theology Church and ReligionAn Attempt at Orientation for NonTheologians Germany 1873 | 354 |
Section 3 The Transformative Power of the Religious Marketplace | 367 |
Reason and Religion England 1896 | 77 |
Is Religion Possible? Pakistan 1932 | 93 |
Poem of the Short R in Defaming Innovation and Praising the Esteemed Tradition Lebanon 190809 | 111 |
The Hamidian Treatise Lebanon 1888 | 125 |
The Theology of Unity Egypt 1898 | 141 |
Studying in Paris Egypt 190405 | 160 |
Isis UnveiledA MasterKey to the Mysteries of Ancient and Modern Science and Theology United States 1877 | 172 |
Buddhism and the Modern Reform Efforts Germany 1911 | 186 |
Christianity and Hinduism England 1856 | 197 |
Section 2 Religion Culture and Power | 213 |
Introduction to Section 2 | 215 |
Report to the Throne with a Petition for Fixing through Consultation a Law Concerning Religious Cases China 1898 | 221 |
Petition in Criticism of the Three Articles of Instruction Japan 1872 | 237 |
Islam and Socialism Indonesia 19241963 | 249 |
Introduction to Section 3 | 369 |
On Renewing Confucianism Korea 1909 | 377 |
The Hopes of Buddhists for the Peace Conference Japan 1918 | 392 |
Strenuous Endeavors Japan 1912 | 400 |
The Basis of Theism and its Relation to the SoCalled Revealed Religions India 1883 | 415 |
The Messiah of the ChristiansPeace upon Himin India India 1908 | 426 |
Treatise on Civilisation Iran 1875 | 443 |
307 Speech to the Former French Prime Minister Joseph Caillaux on the Occasion of His Stay in Beirut in May 1912 Written by Members of the Mas... | 461 |
The Buddhist Catechism India 18811908 | 472 |
Germanness and Judaism Germany 1916 | 486 |
Chips from a German Workshop England 1867 | 503 |
311 Carrying the Gospel to All the NonChristian World Resolution of the World Missionary Conference at Edinburgh Scotland 1910 | 512 |
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