India, Its Life and ThoughtJones, John P. (John Peter)
Religion
India, Its Life and Thought
Jones, John P. (John Peter)
India -- Civilization; India -- Religion; Missions -- India
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CONTENTS
CHAPTER
I. INDIA'S UNREST
i. Extent of the Movement
ii. Causes of Unrest
iii. Conditions of Unrest
iv. Results
v. How shall the Unrest be Removed
II. THE HOME OF MANY FAITHS
Hinduism--Madura and Benares
Demonolatry--Madura
Christianity--Travancore and Cochin
Judaism--Cochin
Parseeism--Bombay
Jainism--Bombay
Mohammedanism--Agra and Delhi
Buddhism--Delhi, Sarnath
Sikhism--Amritsar
III. BURMA, THE BEAUTIFUL
The Extent of the British Empire
Burma's Triple Produce
The Land of Pagodas
Mandalay
A Land where Woman is Honoured
A Land where Caste is Unknown
The American Baptist Mission
The Karens and their Conversion
Ko San Ye
IV. THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM
What is Caste
i. Origin of Caste
(_a_) Religious Theory
(_b_) Tribal Theory
(_c_) Social Theory
(_d_) Occupational Theory
(_e_) Crossing Theory
ii. Characteristics of Caste
Intermarriage
Inter-dining
Contact
Occupation
iii. Penalties of Caste
Boycott
Caste Servants Interdicted
Domestic Isolation
Prayaschitta. (Travelling)
V. THE HINDU CASTE SYSTEM (_Continued_)
iv. Occasions of Punishment
Change of Faith
Marrying a Widow
Beef-eating
Officiating as Priest to Outcasts
Marrying outside of One's Caste
v. The Results of the Caste System
Possibilities of Good
It arrays Caste against Caste
It narrows the Sympathies
It degrades Manual Labour
It opposes Commerce
A Foe to Nationality
A Foe to Individualism
It is Unethical
vi. The Dominance of Caste
Seen even among Christians
Roman Catholicism and Protestantism
Signs of its Decadence
Opposed by Western Progress
Government Opposition
Christianity its Foe
VI. THE BHAGAVAD GITA--THE HINDU BIBLE
i. What is this Song
ii. What are its Purposes and Contents
1. Its Teaching concerning God
Incarnation
2. The Doctrine of the Living Soul
3. The Doctrine of Liberation
(1) Through Knowledge
(2) Through Asceticism
(3) Through Works
Caste
Detachment
Bhakti
(4) Altruism.
4. The Doctrine of Salvation
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