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Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 249 “In the traditional Christmas Eve celebrations of the Ramakrishna Order, when the worship centers on a representation of the Virgin and Child and the liturgical prayers and hymns and offerings are made to Mary as much as to Jesus.” http://www.vedanta-atlanta.org/articles/Mary.html#shiva%20shakti The Coming of the Colonizers The second great transformation came in with the advent of European Nations as colonizers. By the time they entered India, the only Christian church that resembled the western Christian Church was those of Malankara because of their Syrian connection. The rest of India were influenced by Mani and developed their own modes of worship, expression etc. Without any external input from the universal Christian Churches elsewhere it could not be recognized as Christian, especially without the historic core of the faith. This is not surprising since they were developed in totally different environment with totally different cultures.
Hinduism: What Really Happened in India – M. M. Ninan 250 The colonizing Portugese brought with them the Roman Catholic form of Christianity. To them even the Malankara Thomas Churches who had some Syrian connection were also heretical. They burned all local documents publicly and by force instituted Roman form of Christianity. With the decline of the Portuguese Colonialism and the coming of other European colonists (who were essentially Protestant) Malankara Churches liberated itself from Romanism and was established as an independent church. They were evidently Christian. But the rest of the Indian religions baffled them. It was this consternation of the British that grouped all religions and sects as “Hindu” which actually meant – “Of India – We cannot make sense out of this mess”. As the Freedom Movements within India began to grow, it became necessary for all Indians to find their unity. This was provided by the new concept of “Hindu Relgion”. Even though it really did not exist, it evolved out of the political necessity. Anie Beasant who came to India joined the Indians in that evolutionary process. Arya Samaj, was started by Swami Dayanand Saraswati in 1875 which proposed the idea that Hinduism is a pure Vedic religion. It was rational and reformist in its outlook. In the rising scientific world it had a double role to play. It emphasized the unity of all Indian religions and its Sanadhana nature, at the same time it played an important role in rousing the dormant conscience of the Hindu society against idol worship, caste system, and many other social evils of that time. It was a product of the resurgence of Indian conscience.
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