About the Book :
This book traces the history of
the growth of Christianity in Asia and presents studies as well as personal
observations of oriental religions. It discusses at length the general features
of popular Hinduism, philosophic Hinduism, difficulties in the Hindu mind in
regard to Christianity, variety and extent of Buddhism, and the role of
Confucianism in the awakening of China. Also, it takes stock of the method and
success of Asiatic missions. America responsibility to the Orients has been
outlined as well.
About Author :
John Henry BARROWS, P. D.,
clergyman and educator, was born at Medina, Mich., July 11, 1847; graduated at
Mount Olivet College in 1867, and studied theology at Yale, Union and Andover
Seminaries. Dr. Barrows achieved a world-wide celebrity by his services as
Chairman of the Parliament of Religions, a branch of the World Congress
Auxiliary, held during the World Columbian Exposition in Chicago. Later, he was
appointed Professorial Lecturer on Comparative Religions, under lecturer ships
in connection with the University of Chicago endowed by Mrs. Caroline E.
Haskell: One of these, established in Dr. Barrows name, contemplated a series of
lectures in India, to be delivered on alternate years with a similar course at
the University. Courses were delivered at the University in 1895-96, and, in
order to carry out the purposes of the foreign lecturer ship, Dr. Barrows found
it necessary to resign his pastorate, which he did in the spring of 1896. He
lectured at the University of Chicago and in many of the principal cities of the
country, on the moral and religious condition of Oriental nations, but, in 1898,
was offered the Presidency of Oberlin College, Ohio.
