Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin

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Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin is an early theological and philosophical treatise by Raja Ram Mohan Roy that critiques idolatry and advocates monotheism and rational religion.

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instanceOf philosophical treatise
theological treatise
advocates ethical monotheism
universal religious truths
use of reason in religion
aimsTo eliminate superstition
promote scriptural monotheism
reform religious beliefs
associatedWith Brahmo Samaj
Indian Renaissance
linked to: Indian renaissance

Indian religious reform
author Raja Ram Mohan Roy
centralConcept unity of God
universal morality
countryOfOrigin India
criticizesPractice priestly mediation in worship
ritualism without understanding
critiques image worship
polytheism
genre religious philosophy
theology
historicalPeriod early 19th century
influencedBy Christian Unitarianism
linked to: Unitarianism

Enlightenment rationalism
Islamic monotheism
intendedAudience monotheists
religious reformers
language Persian
mainTheme critique of idolatry
monotheism
rational religion
notableFor comparative discussion of major religions
early articulation of Raja Ram Mohan Roy's reform ideas
philosophicalApproach deism
rationalism
regionOfOrigin Bengal
religiousContext Christianity
Hinduism
Islam
supports direct relationship between individual and God
scriptural interpretation guided by reason
titleTranslation A Gift to Monotheists
workType prose treatise

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Raja Ram Mohan Roy notableWork Tuhfat-ul-Muwahhidin