Gods Guns & Missionaries (Record no. 63078)
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| 005 - DATE AND TIME OF LATEST TRANSACTION | |
| control field | 20250522124725.0 |
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| 020 ## - INTERNATIONAL STANDARD BOOK NUMBER | |
| International Standard Book Number | 9780670093656 |
| 028 ## - DISTRIBUTOR NAME | |
| Distributor Name | : Raghav Books Pvt. Ltd |
| Distributor address | : A-184, A, Nand Gram, Ghaziabad |
| Bill Number | : 204 |
| Bill Date | : 07/05/2025 |
| 082 ## - DEWEY DECIMAL CLASSIFICATION NUMBER | |
| Classification number | 370.05 PIL |
| 100 ## - MAIN ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Pillai, Manu S. |
| 245 ## - TITLE STATEMENT | |
| Title | Gods Guns & Missionaries |
| Remainder of title | : The Making of the Modern Hindu Identity. |
| Statement of responsibility, etc | / Manu S. Pillai. |
| 260 ## - PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC. (IMPRINT) | |
| Place of publication, distribution, etc | , Gurugram |
| Name of publisher, distributor, etc | : Penguin Ramdom House |
| Date of publication, distribution, etc | , 2024. |
| 300 ## - PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION | |
| Extent | xlvii, 564p. |
| Dimensions | : 24cm. |
| 365 ## - TRADE PRICE | |
| Price amount | 699 |
| 520 ## - SUMMARY, ETC. | |
| Summary, etc | When European missionaries first arrived in India in the sixteenth century, they entered a world both fascinating and bewildering. Hinduism, as they saw it, was a pagan mess: the worship of devils and monsters by a people who burned women alive, performed outlandish rites and fed children to crocodiles. But soon it became clear that Hindu ‘idolatry’ was far more complex than white men’s stereotypes allowed, and Hindus had little desire to convert.<br/><br/>But then, European power began to grow in India, and under colonial rule, missionaries assumed a forbidding appearance. During the British Raj, Western frames of thinking gained ascendancy and Hindus felt pressed to reimagine their religion. This was both to fortify it against Christian attacks and to resist foreign rule. It is this encounter which has, in good measure, inspired modern Hinduism’s present shape. Indeed, Hindus subverted some of the missionaries’ own tools and strategies in the process, triggering the birth of Hindu nationalism, now so dominant in the country. |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Gods |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Guns |
| 650 ## - SUBJECT ADDED ENTRY--TOPICAL TERM | |
| Topical term or geographic name as entry element | Missionaries |
| 700 ## - ADDED ENTRY--PERSONAL NAME | |
| Personal name | Manu S. Pillai |
| 942 ## - ADDED ENTRY ELEMENTS (KOHA) | |
| Koha item type | Books |
| Withdrawn status | Lost status | Source of classification or shelving scheme | Damaged status | Not for loan | Home library | Current library | Date acquired | Source of acquisition | Cost, normal purchase price | Total Checkouts | Full call number | Barcode | Date last seen | Price effective from | Koha item type |
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| Dewey Decimal Classification | SNU LIBRARY | SNU LIBRARY | 22/05/2025 | Raghav Books Pvt. Ptd. | 699.00 | 370.05 PIL | 30882 | 22/05/2025 | 22/05/2025 | Books |
