Editing Spirituality (section)

====Neo-Vedanta====
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An important influence on western spirituality was [[Neo-Vedanta]], also called ''neo-Hinduism''{{sfn|King|2002|p=93}} and ''Hindu Universalism'',<ref>{{Cite web |title=Video: Gurus, Women, and Yoga: The Spiritual World of Hindu Universalism |url=https://cswr.hds.harvard.edu/news/2019/09/23/gurus-women-yoga |access-date=2024-01-25 |website=cswr.hds.harvard.edu |date=23 September 2019 |language=en}}</ref> a modern interpretation of [[Hinduism]] which developed in response to western [[colonialism]] and [[orientalism]]. It aims to present Hinduism as a "homogenized ideal of Hinduism"{{sfn|Yelle|2012|p=338}} with Advaita Vedanta as its central doctrine.{{sfn|King|2002|p=135}} Due to the colonisation of Asia by the western world, since the 19th century an exchange of ideas has been taking place between the western world and Asia, which also influenced western religiosity.{{sfn|McMahan|2008}} Unitarianism, and the idea of Universalism, was brought to India by missionaries, and had a major influence on neo-Hinduism via [[Ram Mohan Roy]]'s [[Brahmo Samaj]] and [[Brahmoism]]. Roy attempted to modernise and reform Hinduism, from the idea of Universalism.{{sfn|King|2002}} This universalism was further popularised, and brought back to the west as neo-Vedanta, by [[Swami Vivekananda]].{{sfn|King|2002}}