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Rethinking Religion in India: The Colonial Construction of Hinduism

Contributor(s): Bloch, Esther (Editor), Keppens, Marianne (Editor), Hegde, Rajaram (Editor)

ISBN: 9780415548908

Publisher: Routledge

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Pub Date: January 4, 2010

Dewey: 294.509034

LCCN: 2009025369

Lexile Code: 0000

Features: Bibliography, Index, Table of Contents

Target Age Group: NA to NA

Physical Info: 0.70" H x 9.20" L x 6.00" W ( 0.95 lbs) 192 pages

BISAC Categories:

Religion | Hinduism | History | World | General | Historiography

Series: Routledge South Asian Religion

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Description: 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.

Review Quotes:

"[T]hese essays have the merit of making clear the residual Christian theological categories still used in our discipline."- Andrew O. Fort, Texas Christian University (USA); RELIGION, Volume 41, Issue 4

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