Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies Volume 27 Article 12 November 2014 Book Review: Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity P. J. Johnston University of Iowa Follow this and additional works at: https://digitalcommons.butler.edu/jhcs Part of the History of Religions of Eastern Origins Commons Recommended Citation Johnston, P. J. (2014) "Book Review: Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity," Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies: Vol. 27, Article 12. Available at: https://doi.org/10.7825/2164-6279.1584 The Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies is a publication of the Society for Hindu-Christian Studies. The digital version is made available by Digital Commons @ Butler University. For questions about the Journal or the Society, please contact
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[email protected]. Johnston: Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity BOOK REVIEWS* Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity. Alexander Henn. Bloomington and Indianapolis: Indiana University Press, 2013, xi + 214 pages. ALEXANDER Henn's Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Gama largely followed his conceptual Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity proposes assimilation of Indian religion to Christianity – the initially counter-intuitive thesis that before if not to the extent of actually worshiping gods there was religion, there was syncretism. and goddesses, at least to the extent of Before the advent of the world religions explaining similarities between Christianity paradigm in Europe and its pluralization of and Indian religion in terms of theological “religions,” the prevailing conception of expedients such as original revelation.