New Worlds, New Religions, World Religions
New Worlds, New Religions, World Religions
This chapter explores the development of the concept of religion from the sixteenth century to the twentieth century by focusing on various ways that colonial interactions helped generate what is now known as religions in Africa, India, and Japan. It argues that these three examples perfectly illustrate the different aspects of the complex interactions between European academics and the indigenous people of these areas that were decisive in the formation of religions and in the sharpening of the generic concept of religion. It adds that it was not only academics and indigenous peoples who participated in this particular creation of religions; but also the sailors who helped in propagating the gospel across the oceans.
Keywords: religions, academics, India, Japan, Africa, colonial interactions, sailors, gospel, indigenous people
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