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Chidester, David.

Empire of Religion : Imperialism and Comparative Religion. - Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014. - 1 online resource (398 pages)

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Preface; 1. Expanding Empire; 2. Imperial, Colonial, and Indigenous; 3. Classify and Conquer; 4. Animals and Animism; 5. Myths and Fictions; 6. Ritual and Magic; 7. Humanity and Divinity; 8. Thinking Black; 9. Spirit of Empire; 10. Enduring Empire; Notes; Index.

How is knowledge about religion and religions produced, and how is that knowledge authenticated and circulated? David Chidester seeks to answer these questions in Empire of Religion, documenting and analyzing the emergence of a science of comparative religion in Great Britain during the second half of the nineteenth century and its complex relations to the colonial situation in southern Africa. In the process, Chidester provides a counterhistory of the academic study of religion, an alternative to standard accounts that have failed to link the field of comparative religion with eit.


English.

ISBN: 9780226117577 022611757X

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Imperialism--Religious aspects.
Impérialisme--Aspect religieux.
RELIGION--Comparative Religion.
RELIGION--Essays.
RELIGION--Reference.
British colonies
Religion
Kolonialismus
Vergleichende Religionswissenschaft
Imperialisme.
Kolonialisme.
Godsdienstwetenschap.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
South Africa--Religion.
Great Britain--Colonies--Africa.
Grande-Bretagne--Colonies--Afrique.
Africa
South Africa
Verenigd Koninkrijk van Groot-Brittannië en Noord-Ierland.
Zuid-Afrika.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.
Electronic book.

LC Class. No.: BL2463 .C44 2014

Dewey Class. No.: 200.9171 200.9171241