Providence and the Raj
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TextSeries: SAGE eVidyaIndia SAGE Publications 1998Description: online resource(272 pages) illustrationsContent type: text ISBN: 9789351500254Subject(s): Sociology of Religion | South Asia StudiesAdditional physical formats: No titleDDC classification: 302.3503 LOC classification: HD31Online resources: Click here to access online Summary: The interconnection between British Christianity and British imperialism in India is a widely acknowledged historical fact. Despite this, there are few books which study this phenomenon. Informed by an essentially Gramscian analysis of colonial discourse, this pioneering book identifies fundamental `religious' and ideological commonalities that linked British policies in the domestic and imperial arenas and throws fresh light on the construction and collapse of the Raj.
Includes bibliographical references and index
The interconnection between British Christianity and British imperialism in India is a widely acknowledged historical fact. Despite this, there are few books which study this phenomenon. Informed by an essentially Gramscian analysis of colonial discourse, this pioneering book identifies fundamental `religious' and ideological commonalities that linked British policies in the domestic and imperial arenas and throws fresh light on the construction and collapse of the Raj.
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