TY  - BOOK
AU  - Rocklin,Alexander
TI  - The regulation of religion and the making of Hinduism in colonial Trinidad
SN  - 9781469648729
AV  - BL1168.T753 R63 2019eb
U1  - 323.44/20972983 23
PY  - 2019///]
CY  - Chapel Hill
PB  - University of North Carolina Press
KW  - East Indians
KW  - Religious life
KW  - Trinidad and Tobago
KW  - Trinidad
KW  - Hinduism
KW  - History
KW  - Freedom of religion
KW  - Indiens (Habitants de l'Inde)
KW  - Trinité-et-Tobago
KW  - Trinité (Île)
KW  - Vie religieuse
KW  - Hindouisme
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Liberté religieuse
KW  - POLITICAL SCIENCE
KW  - Political Freedom & Security
KW  - Civil Rights
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Human Rights
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Comparative Religion
KW  - British colonies
KW  - fast
KW  - Religious life and customs
KW  - Great Britain
KW  - Colonies
KW  - Grande-Bretagne
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; Crossing the dark water -- Religion -- Converting religion -- Regulating religion -- Outlawing religion -- Hinduism -- Standardizing Sanatana dharma -- Making world religions
N2  - "How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion? While Indian indentured workers in colonial Trinidad practiced cherished rituals, "Hinduism" was not a widespread category in India at the time. On this Caribbean island, people of South Asian descent and African descent came together--under the watchful eyes of the British rulers--to walk on hot coals for fierce goddesses, summon spirits of the dead, or honor Muslim martyrs, practices that challenged colonial norms for religion and race. Drawing deeply on colonial archives, Alexander Rocklin examines the role of the category of religion in the regulation of the lives of Indian laborers struggling for autonomy"--
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