This work demonstrates that Swami Vivekananda was no simplistic pluralist, as portrayed in hagiographical texts, nor narrow exclusivist, as portrayed by some modern Hindu nationalists, but a thoughtful, complex inclusivist.

1 Contexts and Complications 2 Religion and Reform in Nineteenth Century Bengal 3 Master and Pupil 4 Formulating Hinduism 5 Critiquing Christianity, Buddhism and Islam 6 The World's Parliament of Religions, Chicago, 1893 7 Locating Vivekananda

Stephen E. Gregg is Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at the University of Wolverhampton, UK. His interests include religion in contemporary society and method and theory in the study of religion. He is a member of the executive committee of the British Association for the Study of Religions and his books include Jesus Beyond Christianity (2010) Engaging with Living Religion (2015) and The Insider/Outsider Debate: New Approaches in the Study of Religion (2019).