02929cam a2200565Mi 4500 ocn870951080 OCoLC 20200709060015.0 m d cr |n| 140222s2014 ilu o 000 0 eng d EBLCP eng pn EBLCP OCLCQ N$T 9780226117577 (electronic bk.) 022611757X (electronic bk.) (OCoLC)870951080 663924 (N$T) BL2463 .C44 2014 REL 017000 bisacsh REL 113000 bisacsh REL 054000 bisacsh 200.9171 200.9171241 N$TA Chidester, David. Empire of Religion [electronic resource] : Imperialism and Comparative Religion. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2014. 1 online resource (398 pages) text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Preface; 1. Expanding Empire; 2. Imperial, Colonial, and Indigenous; 3. Classify and Conquer; 4. Animals and Animism; 5. Myths and Fictions; 6. Ritual and Magic; 7. Humanity and Divinity; 8. Thinking Black; 9. Spirit of Empire; 10. Enduring Empire; Notes; Index. How is knowledge about religion and religions produced, and how is that knowledge authenticated and circulated? David Chidester seeks to answer these questions in Empire of Religion, documenting and analyzing the emergence of a science of comparative religion in Great Britain during the second half of the nineteenth century and its complex relations to the colonial situation in southern Africa. In the process, Chidester provides a counterhistory of the academic study of religion, an alternative to standard accounts that have failed to link the field of comparative religion with eit. Description based on print version record. Great Britain Colonies Africa. Imperialism Religious aspects. South Africa Religion. Imperialism Religious aspects. South Africa Religion. Great Britain Colonies Africa. RELIGION / Comparative Religion bisacsh RELIGION / Essays bisacsh RELIGION / Reference bisacsh Electronic books. Print version: Chidester, David. Empire of Religion : Imperialism and Comparative Religion. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2014 9780226117263 Ebook Library http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1635755 EBSCOhost http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663924 EBL - Ebook Library EBLB EBL1635755 EBSCOhost EBSC 663924 cpp1723AUTO 02 N$T 54132 54132