Chidester, David. <br/><br/>
Empire of Religion  Imperialism and Comparative Religion.  [electronic resource] : 

 - Chicago :  University of Chicago Press,  2014. 
 - 1 online resource (398 pages) 
<br/><br/>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. 
<br/><br/> 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. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9780226117577 (electronic bk.) 022611757X (electronic bk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Great Britain--Colonies--Africa.<br/>Imperialism--Religious aspects.<br/>South Africa--Religion.<br/>Imperialism--Religious aspects.<br/>RELIGION / Comparative Religion<br/>RELIGION / Essays<br/>RELIGION / Reference
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Geographic Terms: </label><br/>South Africa--Religion.<br/>Great Britain--Colonies--Africa.
<br/><br/><label>Index Terms--Genre/Form: </label><br/>Electronic books.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>BL2463 .C44 2014 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>200.9171  200.9171241