THE RELIGION OF MAN : RABINDRANATH TAGORE

Category Rabindra Rachanavali
Format Paperback
Imprint Rupa
Price 95

ISBN: 9.79E+12
Pages: 240 pages
Date: 2005

ABOUT THIS BOOK

The Religion of Man (1931), delivered as the Hibbert Lectures at Oxford in 1930, is an extensive and commanding exposition of Tagore’s understanding of the meaning and significance of religion in the cultural history of man

AUTHOR OF THE BOOK

One of India’s most cherished renaissance figures, Rabindranath Tagore (1861-1941) put India on the literary map of the world when his Gitanjali was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1913. Myriad-minded, he was a poet, short story writer, novelist, dramatist, essayist, painter and composer of songs. His worldwide acclaim as a social, political, religious and aesthetic thinker, innovator in education and a champion of the ‘One World’ idea makes him a living presence