<p><em>Religion for a Secular Age</em> provides a transnational history of modern Ved&#257;nta through a comparative study of two of its most important exponents Friedrich Max Muller (1823-1900) and Swami Vivekananda (1863-1902). This book explains why Ved&#257;nta's appeal spanned the ostensibly very different contexts of colonial India and Victorian Britain and America and how this ancient form of thought was translated by Muller and Vivekananda into a modern form of philosophy or religion. These religiously-committed men attempted to reconcile religion with modernity by appealing to Advaita (literally 'non-dualistic') Ved&#257;nta's monistic interpretation of reality. The 'scientific' study of religion allegedly demonstrated the evolutionary superiority of Ved&#257;nta and the possibility of religion's survival in 'the light of modern science'. They believed Ved&#257;nta could also provide the religious basis for moral engagement in this world even as the hold of orthodox Christianity and traditional Hinduism appeared to be weakening. Ved&#257;nta thus served as a way of articulating a form of religion suitable for a secular age - religion which has embraced modern forms of thought while breaking away from creeds scriptures and institutions to thrive in the spheres of public debate of London Calcutta and New York.</p>
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