Title The regulation of religion and the making of Hinduism in colonial Trinidad / Alexander Rocklin.

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Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019]

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Description	1 online resource
Physical Medium	polychrome
Description	text file
Bibliography	Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents	Crossing the dark water -- Religion -- Converting religion -- Regulating religion -- Outlawing religion -- Hinduism -- Standardizing Sanatana dharma -- Making world religions.
Summary	"How can religious freedom be granted to people who do not have a religion? While Indian indentured workers in colonial Trinidad practiced cherished rituals, "Hinduism" was not a widespread category in India at the time. On this Caribbean island, people of South Asian descent and African descent came together--under the watchful eyes of the British rulers--to walk on hot coals for fierce goddesses, summon spirits of the dead, or honor Muslim martyrs, practices that challenged colonial norms for religion and race. Drawing deeply on colonial archives, Alexander Rocklin examines the role of the category of religion in the regulation of the lives of Indian laborers struggling for autonomy"-- Provided by publisher.
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Subject	East Indians -- Religious life -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad.
	East Indians.
	Religious life.
	Trinidad and Tobago.
	Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad.
	Hinduism -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad -- History.
	Hinduism.
	History.
	Trinidad -- Religious life and customs.
	Freedom of religion -- Trinidad and Tobago -- Trinidad -- History.
	Freedom of religion.
	Great Britain -- Colonies -- Religious life and customs.
	Great Britain.
	Colonies.
Genre/Form	Electronic books.
	History.
Other Form:	Print version: Rocklin, Alexander. Regulation of religion and the making of Hinduism in colonial Trinidad. Chapel Hill : University of North Carolina Press, [2019] 9781469648705 (DLC) 2018045500 (OCoLC)1052388809
ISBN	9781469648729 (electronic book)
	1469648725 (electronic book)
	9781469648736 (electronic book)
	1469648733 (electronic book)
	9781469648705
	1469648709
	9781469648712
	1469648717

Title The regulation of religion and the making of Hinduism in colonial Trinidad / Alexander Rocklin.

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