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Rethinking religion in India : the colonial construction of Hinduism

This study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India
Print Book, English, 2010
Routledge, London, 2010
Aufsatzsammlung
xv, 192 pages ; 25 cm.
9780415548908, 9780203862896, 041554890X, 0203862899
311757330
Introduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch
Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen
Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie
Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos
Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah
Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton
Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King
Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald
Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara
The colonial construction of what? / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout
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