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The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India
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The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India

Robert A. Yelle

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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.

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The language of disenchantment : Protestant literalism and colonial discourse in British India by Robert A. Yelle. ISBN 9780199925018. Published by Oxford University Press in 2013. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.

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