Indian Soldiers on the Western Front: The Role of Religion in the Indian Army in the Great War
This article illustrates the role of religion in the Indian Army of the Great War. It demonstrates the importance of religion in the martial race ideology that set forth British views on eligibility for military recruitment. It explains how an interpretation of the origins of the Mutiny underwrote p...
| Опубликовано в: : | Religions of South Asia |
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| Формат: | Электронный ресурс Статья |
| Язык: | Английский |
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Equinox
2015
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Religions of South Asia
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| Нормированные ключевые слова (последовательности): | B
Britisch-Indien, Army
/ Западный фронт
/ Солдат (мотив)
/ Религия (мотив)
/ Мировая война (1939-1945, мотив)
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| Индексация IxTheo: | AD Социология религии KBF Британские острова KBM Азия ZC Общая политика |
| Другие ключевые слова: | B
Indian Religions
B Martial Race B World War One |
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| Итог: | This article illustrates the role of religion in the Indian Army of the Great War. It demonstrates the importance of religion in the martial race ideology that set forth British views on eligibility for military recruitment. It explains how an interpretation of the origins of the Mutiny underwrote preference for those peoples regarded as being less religious but made it necessary to enable soldiers to practise their faiths, even informing the conception of these races in British thinking. It also discusses what this meant in practice for Indian soldiers fighting on the Western Front and then for casualties taken to the Pavilion Hospital. It focuses upon the special arrangements made by the military authorities to satisfy the soldiers’ religious requirements as the British understood them, ranging from places of worship to diet, caste and funeral rites. Finally, it argues that martial race ideology, not excluding religious issues, continues to exercise an influence in contemporary Britain. |
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| ISSN: | 1751-2697 |
| Второстепенные работы: | Enthalten in: Religions of South Asia
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1558/rosa.v9i1.23964 |