 | Prophet of a New Hindu Age: The Life and Times of Acharya Pranavananda Subjects: Arts; Area Studies; Humanities; Music; History; Asian Studies; Non-western Music Styles (Traditional & Classical); South Asian Studies; British History; Asian History; World/ International History; Modern History 1750-1945; Imperial & Colonial History; Social & Cultural History; This is the fascinating biography, first published in 1985, of the remarkable Bengali religious leader Swami Pranavananda who lived in the turbulent years of the early twentieth century. The story of his life has to some extent been eclipsed by the struggle for Indian independence, but his extraordinary personal qualities, his determined asceticism, his high ideals of social service and commitment to Hindu solidarity all serve to set him apart from his contemporaries and entitle him to be better known by political and religious historians of the period. Roderick Ninian Smart was a Scottish writer and university educator. He was a pioneer in the field of secular religious studies. In 1967 he established the first department of religious studies in the United Kingdom at the new University of Lancaster where he was also Pro-Vice-Chancellor, having already chaired one of the largest and most prestigious departments of theology in Britain at the University of Birmingham. |
