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001 2012003473
003 DLC
005 20130108084417.0
008 120209s2013 nyu b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2012003473
020 $a9780199924998 (hardcover : alk. paper)
020 $a9780199925018 (pbk. : alk. paper)
040 $aDLC$cDLC$dDLC
042 $apcc
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050 00 $aBL1215.C76$bY45 2013
082 00 $a261.2/45$223
100 1 $aYelle, Robert A.
245 14 $aThe language of disenchantment :$bProtestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India /$cRobert A. Yelle.
260 $aNew York :$bOxford University Press,$c2013.
300 $axxii, 298 p. ;$c24 cm.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p.253-284) and index.
505 0 $aOrientalism 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.
650 0 $aHinduism and culture$zIndia.
650 0 $aLanguage and languages$xReligious aspects$xHinduism.
650 0 $aHinduism$zIndia.
650 0 $aProtestantism$xInfluence.