The language of disenchantment: Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India
Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the...
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| Format: | Print Book |
| Language: | English |
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New York, NY [u.a.]
Oxford University Press
c 2013
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| In: | Year: 2013 |
| Reviews: | The language of disenchantment. Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India. By Robert A. Yelle. (American Academy of Religion.) Pp. xxii+298. New York–Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2013(2). £22.50 (paper). 978 0 19 992499 8 (2014) (Harding, Christopher)
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| Series/Journal: | AAR Reflection and theory in the study of religion
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Britisch-Indien
/ Colonialism
/ Protestantism
/ Hinduism
/ Language
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| Further subjects: | B
Protestantism
Influence
B Hinduism (India) B Hinduism and culture (India) B Language and languages Religious aspects Hinduism |
| Summary: | Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras -- The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law |
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| Item Description: | Literaturverz. S. [253] - 284 |
| ISBN: | 0199925011 |