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Providence and the Raj
Imperial Mission and Missionary Imperialism
First Edition
- Gerald Studdert-Kennedy - University of Birmingham, UK
September 1998 | 272 pages | SAGE India
The interconnection between British Christianity and British imperialism in India is a widely acknowledged historical fact. Despite this, there are few books which study this phenomenon. Informed by an essentially Gramscian analysis of colonial discourse, this pioneering book identifies fundamental `religious' and ideological commonalities that linked British policies in the domestic and imperial arenas and throws fresh light on the construction and collapse of the Raj.
PART ONE: CHRISTIAN STATE AND CHRISTIAN EMPIRE
Introduction
Religion and Politics after the Great War
Gandhi and the Christian Imperialists
PART TWO: THE SENSE OF PROVIDENCE
Masks of Conquest
Masks of Persuasion
Imperial Miniature
Gandhi, Ruskin and the Christian Imperialists
PART THREE: AGENTS OF PROVIDENCE
The Intense Beliefs of Lionel George Curtis
Political Science and Political Theology
The Christian Imperialism of the Die-Hard Defenders of the Raj
Christianity, Statecraft and Chatham House
PART FOUR: PROVIDENCE AND OTHER NARRATIVES
Epilogue
`This is a fine book which will repay the close reading that the intensity of its text demands' - The Round Table
`Providence and the Raj is a refreshing and very welcome contribution to the historical literature on British imperialism' - Diplomacy & Statecraft
". . . pioneering, illuminating, exciting, and challenging. It brims with ideas and insights."
University of Oxford