“The Spirit of the Vedānta”: Occultism and Piety in Max Müller and Swami Vivekananda’s Interpretation of Ramakrishna

Towards the end of the nineteenth century, the Oxford scholar of Sanskrit, mythology, and religion, Friedrich Max Müller, produced two works on a contemporary religious figure, the Bengali Hindu holy man Sri Ramakrishna. Müller was assisted in the second of these efforts by Ramakrishna’s most influe...

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Published in:Numen
Main Author: Green, Thomas (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2017
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Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Ramakrishna 1836-1886 / Reception / Müller, Friedrich Max 1823-1900 / Vivekānanda, Svāmī 1863-1902 / Hinduism / Vedanta / Piety / Theosophy / Occultism
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
AZ New religious movements
BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Swami Vivekananda Friedrich Max Müller Theosophy Sri Ramakrishna Vedanta Hinduism
Online Access: Volltext (Verlag)