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Modern Orientalism Modern Orientalism
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The Historicity of Tradition The Historicity of Tradition
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The Reformulation of Traditions in the Imperial Encounter The Reformulation of Traditions in the Imperial Encounter
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Colonial Knowledge and the New Comparative Science of Religion Colonial Knowledge and the New Comparative Science of Religion
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Friedrich Max Müller and James Legge Friedrich Max Müller and James Legge
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Popular Orientalism: The World Parliament of Religions of 1893 Popular Orientalism: The World Parliament of Religions of 1893
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3 The Making of Oriental Religion
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Published:October 2013
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Abstract
This chapter explores the making of oriental religion. It analyzes the emerging field of oriental studies and comparative religion, especially the project of Sacred Books of the East, headed by Friedrich Max Müller. It goes beyond the study of orientalist scholarship by examining the role of the World Parliament of Religions in Chicago in 1893. The major analytical issue is the extent to which these products of Western scholarship and imagination have produced forms of religious categorization that have had an actual impact on religious belief and practice in India and China. The modern moralization of indigenous traditions as part of attempts to create religions that are at the same time universally respected (world religions) and national religions could only be done owing to orientalist interpretations of these traditions.
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