Both iconoclast and idolater
Gandhi on the worship of images
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5115211 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Noel Salmond (Carleton University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 31 |
| Issue | 3-4 |
| Pages | 373-390 |
| Publication date | 2002-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Religion/Sciences Religieuses (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0008-4298 • E-ISSN: 2042-0587 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1177/000842980203100308 |
| OpenAlex | W2005672706 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This article examines Mahatma Gandhi's sometimes ambivalent and ambiguous position on Hindu image-worship or "idolatry." While personally not disposed towards the practice, he nevertheless defended it against its detractors. The paper notes a shift from the position of prominent nineteenth-century reformers who regarded erasure of idolatry as the precondition of Hindu reform. While Gandhi's own sensibility was predominantly aniconic, he saw no contradiction in pressing for open access to sacred images through temple-entry for Harijans. He bridled at image-worship only when he was himself treated as an icon
Aesthetics · Art · Contradiction · Cult · Epistemology · Hinduism · Icon · Idolatry · Theology · Worship · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Computer Science · Indian and Buddhist Studies · Indian History and Philosophy · Philosophy · Religious studies
| Citation velocity | historical |
|---|---|
| Highly cited | No |