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Socio-Religious Reform Movements in British India

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1990
ISBN
9780521249867, 0521249864
LCC
DS436 .N47 1987 pt. 3 vol. 1,BL2007.5 .N47 19
Open Library ID
OL2052613M
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
19 MB (19805623 bytes)
Series
The New Cambridge History of India
Pages
255\246
Topic
History
Time added
2011-04-11 19:55:47

Description

This volume in The New Cambridge History of India looks at the numerous nineteenth-century movements for social and religious change--Christian, Hindu, Muslim, Sikh, and Zoroastrian--that used various forms of religious authority to legitimize their reform programs. Such movements were both indigenous and colonial in their origins, and the author shows how each adapted to the challenge of competing nationalisms as political circumstances changed. The volume considers the overall impact of British rule on the whole sphere of religion, social behavior, and culture.

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