Outside the fold : conversion, modernity, and belief /

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"Outside the Fold is a radical reexamination of religious conversion. Gauri Viswanathan skillfully argues that conversion is an interpretive act that belongs in the realm of cultural criticism. To that end, this work examines key moments in colonial and postcolonial history to show how conversi...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Viswanathan, Gauri
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, N.J. : Princeton University Press, ©1998.
Series:ACLS Humanities E-Book.
Subjects:
1800-1999
Conversion > Comparative studies.
Religion and politics > Comparative studies.
Religion and culture > Comparative studies.
Conversion > Études comparatives.
Religion et politique > Études comparatives.
Religion et culture > Études comparatives.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / General
Conversion
Religion
Religion and culture
Religion and politics
Religion - General.
Religion.
Philosophy & Religion.
Konversion.
India > Religion > 19th century.
India > Religion > 20th century.
England > Religion.
Inde > Religion > 19e siècle.
Inde > Religion > 20e siècle.
Angleterre > Religion.
England
India
Comparative studies
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • pt. 1. Dissent and the nation. Ch. 1. Cross currents. Ch. 2. A grammar of dissent pt. 2. Colonial interventions. Ch. 3. Rights of passage: converts' testimonies. Ch. 4. Silencing heresy. Ch. 5. Ethnographic plots. Ch. 6. Conversion, theosophy, and race theory pt. 3. The imagined community. Ch. 7. Conversion to equality. Ch. 8. Epilogue: the right to belief. Appendix. The census of India, 1901.

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