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| AROKIASAMY, S., CHIEF EDITOR Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection. Vol. 52, Nos 1-12 (Jan-Dec 1988) Delhi, Vidyajyoti Educational and Welfare Society. 1988. pp 1-624. 8vo/21.5cm. Printed green wrappers, minor fading at edges, internally all clean, tight and very good. A journal of commentary and studies on moral theology. It is connected with the Vidyajyoti College of Theology and Institute of Religious Studies, Delhi. The Editor, Soosai Aokiasamy, was editor of the Journal from 1978 for more than twenty years. He was also President of the Association of Moral Theologians in India. USD 20.00 [Appr.: EURO 13.5 | £UK 12.25 | JP¥ 1765] Book number: 003059 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| WARD, ERNEST F. AND MRS PHEBE E. WARD Echoes from Bharatkhand with Additional Chapters by Mrs. Phebe E. Ward. Introduction by Rev. Walter Sellew Chicago, Free Methodist Publishing House. 1913. [ii], 174pp, frontis portrait, more than twenty photo illustrations, folding map. 12mo/19.5cm. Decorated brown cloth, worn at spine ends and corners, bookplate of Grace T. Mersereau, handwritten presentation inscription on ffep ("Presented to/Mrs. Grace Mersereau/Bloomfield, N.J./by The Gerry Homes/Gerry, N.Y./Walter D. Sellew,/Treas./Easter 1923"), cancelled stamp of the Biblical Library and Research Institute of Buffalo on title page, rear free end paper torn, otherwise internally clean, tight and very good. The Wards spent twenty five years as missionaries in India and this is their memoir or recollections of the experience. Bharatkhand stands for 'the land of Bharat' or India. "Bharat" is the ancient Hindi name for India, "Bharata" being a legendary god. USD 15.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.25 | £UK 9.25 | JP¥ 1324] Book number: 002638 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| FARQUHAR, J.N. Modern Religious Movements in India Delhi, Munshiram Manoharlal. 1967. First Indian Edition. xiv, 471pp, frontis portrait plus 23 portraits on 11 plates, 1 plan, appendix, glossary, index. 8vo/22cm. Blue cloth gilt, light wear, in price clipped and slightly edgeworn dj with few small closed edge tears, internally clean, tight and very good. VG+/G+. A classic study about the fresh religious movements which appeared in India since the effective introduction of Western influence. By a liberal missionary with much experence in India. Based on his Lamson Lectures of 1913 at the Hartford Theological Seminary. Originally published in 1915 and only recently superceded by Kenneth Jones's, Socio-Religious Movements in British India (Cambridge, 1990). Derbyshire 365. USD 13.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.75 | £UK 8 | JP¥ 1147] Book number: 001504 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| HARES, W.P. The Teaching and Practice of the Church of Rome in India Examined by Reverend W.P. Hares, B.A., C.M.S. Missionary, Gojra, Panjab,...Examining Chaplain to the Lord Bishop of Lahore Lahore, Revd. Canon W.P. Hares. N.d. (ca.1928?). Second Edition. [ii], ii, vi,416pp. 12mo/18cm. Printed card wrappers, light wear, internally fine. A scholarly sounding volume by a C.M.S. missionary 'downing' one of the main opposition churches, the Roman Catholics. Rev. Walter Pullis Hares (1877- ) was a long-time missionary in the Lahore area and had published several books on the Punjabi language. USD 19.00 [Appr.: EURO 12.75 | £UK 11.5 | JP¥ 1677] Book number: 003851 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| OTANI, AYAKO My Journey to India That Gives Spiritual Answers Sivakasi, India, Printed by Sakthi Fine Art Printers. 2003. First Edition. [ii], iii, [v], 57pp, 2 color illustrations on endpapers, Preface by author. 8vo/21cm. Illustrated card-stock wrappers, near fine, few check marks and underlining in Preface, otherwise internally fine. The author Ayako Otani (1934- ) is an architect born in Japan who has been living in Sri Lanka and India for much of the last twenty years. A journey of spiritual seeking. USD 10.00 [Appr.: EURO 6.75 | £UK 6.25 | JP¥ 883] Book number: 004352 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| PRABHU, PANDHARI-NATH Hindu Social Organization Bombay, Popular Book Depot. 1954. New Revised Edition (1940). xix, 393, [ii] pp, author's Forewords, Editor N A Thoothi's Note to 1st edtion, S. Radhakrishnan's Foreword to 1st Edition, Epilogue, Bibliography, 2 indexes. 8vo/22.5cm. Green cloth gilt, light wear, in edgeworn, slightly chipped and lightly soiled dj with New Delhi dealer stamp on ffep, otherwise internally fine. A revision of the author's thesis at the University of Bombay first published in 1940 as Hindu Social Institutions. An account of the philosophical and Ideological basis of Hindu social thought concerning such institutions as family and caste. (Mahar 1276). At the time of writing Dr. Prabhu was in charge of the Psychological Laboratory at the Tata Institute of Social Sciences in Bombay. USD 12.00 [Appr.: EURO 8.25 | £UK 7.25 | JP¥ 1059] Book number: 002393 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| ROSS, E. DENISON, IMPERIAL RECORD DEPARTMENT An Alphabetical List of the Feasts and Holidays of the Hindus and Muhammadans Charleston, S.C. Bibliobazaar LLC. Recent reprint.of 1914 original published by the Superintendent of Government Printing, India, Calcutta. viii, 120, [i] pp. 8vo/22.5cm. Glossy card-stock wrappers. As new except for a helf inch check mark on page 31. A useful guide even though a bit dated. E. Denison Ross ( 1871-1940) was a prominent British orientalist who after serving in India became Professor of Persian at University College London and then first Director of the School of Oriental Studies, later known as SOAS. USD 21.00 [Appr.: EURO 14.25 | £UK 12.75 | JP¥ 1853] Book number: 004320 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| VAUGHAN, JAMES The Trident, The Crescent and The Cross: A View of the Religious History of India During the Hindu, Buddhist, Mohammedan and Christian Periods London, Longrams, Green and Co. 1876. First Edition. xix, 344 + 24 list pp, appendix, index. 8vo/23cm. Maroon cloth gilt, few insect holes, front hinge paper beginning crack, otherwise clean, tight and very good. An interpretation of the religious history of India. Reverend James Vaughan had spent nineteen years as a C.M.S. missionary in Calcutta. USD 45.00 [Appr.: EURO 30.25 | £UK 27.25 | JP¥ 3972] Book number: 002463 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. | ||
| WINSLOW, J.C. The Indian Mystic: Some Thoughts on India's Contribution to Christianity London, Student Christian Movement Press. 1927. Second Edition (1926). 71, [i] list pp. Introduction-Christus Consummator, The Soul of India, Bhakti or the Way of Devotion, Sannyas or the Way of Renunciation, Yoga or the Way of Discipline, Epilogue-Christus Consummandus. 12mo/18.5cm. Printed wrappers, slightly chipped, signature of R. Sirajid Din on front panel which is loose, signed presentation inscription on half title--"[I?]anula Sarajiddin/a remembrance of/Kinnaird School Jubilee/Feb 22-25 1929/from Emily Kinnaird", some marginal and under lining, otherwise very good. Association copy. The Kinnaird School in Lahore was the oldest girls' school in Pakistan having been founded in 1864. It became the Kinnaird Academy in 1996. The name came from a titled Scottish family which helped support it. Lady Emily Kinnaird appears to have been a person of some substance from a Google reference indicating she called on Gandhi in 1940 to adopt Chistianity. The author, Jack Copley Winslow, wrote a number of books on Christianity in India between 1923 and 1968, one with Verrier Elwin. USD 16.00 [Appr.: EURO 10.75 | £UK 9.75 | JP¥ 1412] Book number: 002499 Click here to order or inquire at James Hurley, Books. |
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