A unique study of how a deeply religious country like India acquired the laws and policies of a secular state, highlighting the contradictory effects of British imperial policies, the complex role played by Indian Christians, and how this highly divided community shaped its own identity and debated that of their new nation.
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The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1960
A unique study of how a deeply religious country like India acquired the laws and policies of a secular state, highlighting the contradictory effects of British imperial policies, the complex role played by Indian Christians, and how this highly divided community shaped its own identity and debated that of their new nation.
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The Making of Indian Secularism: Empire, Law and Christianity, 1830-1960
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ISBN-13: | 9781349305575 |
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Publisher: | Palgrave Macmillan UK |
Publication date: | 01/01/2011 |
Series: | Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies |
Edition description: | 1st ed. 2011 |
Pages: | 337 |
Product dimensions: | 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d) |
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