(1823–1900) Linguist,
translator, and editor with a passion for comparative religion and mythology.
Mueller was a significant person in the intellectual history
of the nineteenth century.
His main contribution was translating source writings into
the Sacred Books of the East series, which introduced Indian philosophies to
Western audiences.
His scholarship enabled Hindu and other Asian religious
systems to reveal the complex intellect that is often hidden by popular
religious practice.
Mueller started working on a "science of
religion," a subject of study that could be studied in the same way as any
other.
As an Oxford professor, he contributed to shift academic
perspectives on Hinduism and other Asian faiths, shifting Western minds away
from condemning them as polytheistic "idolatry" and toward seeing
them as cohesive and appealing worldviews.
You may also want to read more about Hinduism here.
Be sure to check out my writings on religion here.
