The language of disenchantment, Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India, Robert A. Yelle
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The language of disenchantment, Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India, Robert A. Yelle
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Includes bibliographical references and index
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non fiction
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The language of disenchantment
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Robert A. Yelle
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Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India
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Orientalism and the language of disenchantment -- "A disease of language": the attack on Hindu myth as verbal idolatry -- "One step from Babel to Pentecost": colonial codification, universal languages, and the debate over Roman transliteration -- "Vain repetitions": the attack on Hindu mantras -- The Hindu Moses: Christian polemics against Jewish ritual and the secularization of Hindu law
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