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Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa : Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity /

"The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Cat...

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Autor principal: Henn, Alexander, 1952- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Bloomington, Ind. : Indiana University Press, 2014.
Colección:Book collections on Project MUSE.
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  • Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 Vasco da Gama''s Error: Conquest and Plurality; 2 Image Wars: Iconoclasm, Idolatry, and Survival; 3 Christian Pura nas: Hermeneutic, Similarity, and Violence; 4 Ganv: Place, Genealogy, and Bodies; 5 Demotic Ritual: Religion and Memory; 6 Crossroads of Religions: Shrines and Urban Mobility; Conclusion. Religion and religions: Syncretism Reconsidered; Notes; References; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; I; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; X; Z.