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)

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Hinduism and culture--India.
Language and languages--Religious aspects--Hinduism.
Hinduism--India.
Protestantism--Influence.

BL1215.C76 / Y45 2013

ARCH FRBC 261.24 Y43L