Language of Disenchantment - Protestant Literalism and Colonial Discourse in British India

Zusatztext Yelle's work on British critiques of South Asian mythological, ritual, linguistic, and legal traditions offer new insights on modernity, secularization, religious literalism, and colonialism. Informationen zum Autor Robert A. Yelle is Assistant Professor in the Department of History and the Helen Hardin Honors Program at the University of Memphis. He received a Ph.D. in the History of Religions from the University of Chicago. A former Guggenheim Fellow, he is the author of Explaining the Mantras and The Semiotics of Religion, and co-author of After Secular Law. Klappentext The Language of Disenchantment explores how Protestant ideas about language inspired British colonial critiques of Hindu mythological, ritual, linguistic, and legal traditions. Zusammenfassung The Language of Disenchantment explores how Protestant ideas about language inspired British colonial critiques of Hindu mythological, ritual, linguistic, and legal traditions.

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• Authors: Robert A. Yelle, Robert A. (Assistant Professor of History Yelle, Yelle Robert A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 08.11.2012
• EAN: 9780199924998
• ISBN: 978-0-19-992499-8
• No. of pages: 320
• Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion; AAR Reflection and Theory in t
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; RELIGION / Christianity / Protestant, 20th Century, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Colonialism & Post-Colonialism, RELIGION / Christianity / History, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Missions, RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism, RELIGION / Christianity / General, India, c 1800 to c 1900, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Christian mission & evangelism, Christianity, 20th century, c 1900 to c 1999, Colonialism & imperialism, History of Religion, Colonialism and imperialism, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Protestantism & Protestant Churches, Protestantism and Protestant Churches