Rethinking religion in India
Subtitle: the colonial construction of Hinduism
By: edited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens and Rajaram Hegde
Series: Routledge South Asian religion series -- 4
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2010
Place of publication: London; New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9780415548908
Description: This study critically assesses recent debates about the colonial construction of Hinduism. Written by experts in their field, the chapters present historical and empirical arguments as well as theoretical reflections on the topic, offering new insights into the nature of the construction of religion in India.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Introduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch; title: Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen; title: Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie; title: Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos; title: Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah; title: Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton; title: Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King; title: Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald; title: Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara; title: The colonial construction of what? / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout.