Imperialism and Comparative Religion Chidester, David. creator text Electronic books. ilu Chicago University of Chicago Press 2014 monographic eng

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1 online resource (398 pages) 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. 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. Great Britain Colonies Africa Imperialism Religious aspects South Africa Religion Imperialism Religious aspects South Africa Religion Great Britain Colonies Africa RELIGION / Comparative Religion RELIGION / Essays RELIGION / Reference BL2463 .C44 2014 200.9171 200.9171241 Chidester, David. Chicago : University of Chicago Press, ©2014 9780226117577 (electronic bk.) 022611757X (electronic bk.) http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1635755 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663924 http://public.eblib.com/EBLPublic/PublicView.do?ptiID=1635755 http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&scope=site&db=nlebk&db=nlabk&AN=663924 EBLCP 140222 20200709060015.0 ocn870951080 eng