Book Reviews : Indian Philosophy

Abstract

Comparative religion is one of several labels used to-day to describe a multi-disciplinary and nonconfessional approach to the study of religion. What this subject is, how it arose and developed, and the methodological principles underlying it form the subject matter of an interesting and well-written volume: Comparative Religion: A History (Duckworth, L8-95, pp. 310). After a brief introductory chapter surveying the antecedents of comparative religion, Dr. Sharpe describes vividly the conditions in the mid-nineteenth century that gave rise to this