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Rethinking religion in India : the colonial construction of Hinduism / edited by Esther Bloch, Marianne Keppens and Rajaram Hegde. - London ; New York : Routledge, 2010. - xv, 192 p. ; 25 cm. - Routledge South Asian religion series ; 4 .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction : rethinking religion in India / Marianne Keppens and Esther Bloch -- Hindus and others / David N. Lorenzen -- Hindu religious identity with special reference to the origin and significance of the term Hinduism, c. 1787-1947 / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Representing religion in colonial India / John Zavos -- Colonialism and religion / Sharada Sugirtharajah -- Women, the freedom movement, and Sanskrit : notes on religion and colonialism from the ethnographic present / Laurie L. Patton -- Colonialism, Hinduism, and the discourse of religion / Richard King -- Who invented Hinduism? : rethinking religion in India / Timothy Fitzgerald -- Orientalism, postcolonialism, and the construction of religion / S.N. Balagangadhara -- The colonial construction of what? / Jakob De Roover and Sarah Claerhout.

ISBN: 9780415548908 (cloth : alk. paper) 041554890X (hc : alk. paper)

Subjects--Chronological Terms:
Geschichte 1787-1947

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Hinduism--Historiography.
Hinduism--History--18th century.
Hinduism--History--19th century.

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Civilization--18th century.
India--Civilization--19th century.

Dewey Class. No.: 294.509034 / BLO