Background
He was born Sitanath Dutta, in a village in Sylhet in 1856.
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Sitanath Tattwabhushan
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University of Calcutta. Scottish Church College.
Career
His hymns still form the basis of Brahmo rites and liturgies. He arrived in Calcutta for higher education in 1871. Although he initially joined Keshub Chunder Senator"s Brahmo Niketan where he developed an interest in the philosophy of religion.
However following the closure of that institute, he joined Alexander Duff"s General Assembly"s Institution in 1875.
During this period he explored comparative discourses on Brahmo theology and religion. Following his extensive readings, and intellectual exchanges with his peers, he developed the view that the failure of Brahmoism to draw converts lay in its being less philosophic, and being more grounded on dogma, based on divine inspiration and unverifiable assertions.
To counter this, he put forward the need for developing a faith based on philosophy. In his written works, he developed a theological system of Brahmoism.
By emphasizing the primacy of ethical development as instrumental to the formation of consciousness, his thoughts presaged those of Vivekananda.
