History of Hindu-Christian Encounters
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| Author | Sita Ram Goel |
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| Country | India |
| Language | English |
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| Released | 1986, 1996 |
| ISBN | ISBN 81-85990-35-2 |
History of Hindu-Christian Encounters (AD 304 to 1996) is a book by Sita Ram Goel published in 1986. It was reprinted and enlarged in 1996.
The book opens with a discussion of the belief common to many Christians in South India that St. Thomas the apostle travelled to India. The book mentions the Syrian Christians of the Malabar coast and the Italian traveller Ludovico di Varthema, author of the Itineratio. An important Hindu-Christian encounter was the arrival of the Portuguese with Vasco da Gama in 1498 CE and with Francis Xavier in 1542 CE, an encounter which Goel points out led to the Inquisition reaching India.
Koenraad Elst, who read the book before he first met Goel, said about the book:“Hindus have a very good case vis-a-vis Christianity and Islam, but at present it is either not presented at all or presented very badly. This book is a departure.”[1]
[edit] Further reading
- Dr. Sebastian Kim. The debate on conversion initiated by the Sangh Parivar, 1998-1999. Transformation 2005 (Vol. 22, No. 4, page 224)
[edit] See also
- Why I am not a Christian - Bertrand Russell
- The Antichrist - Friedrich Nietzsche
| The works of Sita Ram Goel | |
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How I Became a Hindu (1982), The Story of Islamic Imperialism in India (1982), Defence of Hindu Society (1983), The Calcutta Quran Petition (1986), History of Hindu-Christian Encounters (1986), Muslim Separatism - Causes and Consequences (1987), Catholic Ashrams (1988), Hindu Temples - What Happened to Them (1990), Vindicated by Time (1998), Freedom of expression - Secular Theocracy Versus Liberal Democracy (1998) |
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