Empire of Religion: Imperialism and Comparative Religion

by David Chidester

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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...

Format:Paperback

Language:English

ISBN:022611743X

ISBN13:9780226117430

Release Date:March 2014

Publisher:University of Chicago Press

Length:400 Pages

Weight:1.22 lbs.

Dimensions:0.9" x 6.1" x 9.0"

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History Religion Religion & Spirituality

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