The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India /
Yelle, Robert A.
The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
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.
9780199924998 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780199925018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012003473
Hinduism and culture--India.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--India.
Protestantism--Influence.
BL1215.C76 / Y45 2013
ARCH FRBC 261.24 Y43L
The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India / Robert A. Yelle. - New York : Oxford University Press, 2013. - xxii, 298 p. ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
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.
9780199924998 (hardcover : alk. paper) 9780199925018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
2012003473
Hinduism and culture--India.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--India.
Protestantism--Influence.
BL1215.C76 / Y45 2013
ARCH FRBC 261.24 Y43L