Orientalism and Religion: Post-Colonial Theory, India and "The Mystic East"
Richard King's Orentalism and Religionis an impressive and truly cross-disciplinary study that tackles head on some of the field's most deeply ingrained yet troublesome presumptions. This book promises to set the terms for future debates on the status, methods andtheories of religion.–Russell McCutcheon, Southwest Missouri State UniversityAn insightful and provocative contribution to recent series of studies that can be best characterized as 'colonial discourse analysis'.–Gerald Larson, Indiana UniversityThis is an important book. The main theme, the 'othering' of the East, is highly significant and original, painstakingly documented, and with major implications for western scholarship.–Grace Jantzen, University of Manchester