Comparative Religion in South Africa
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David Chidester's scholarship on comparative religion in South Africa analyzes how colonial encounters and modernity shaped religious categories and practices, providing a theoretical and historical framework for comparative-religious studies.
Bose cites Chidester's work to situate Indian comparative-religious developments within broader global scholarship that treats indigenous comparative impulses seriously.
Chidester examines how religious difference was constructed and mobilized in colonial contexts, exploring intersections of politics, identity, and religious classification.
His influential contributions have shaped debates about the origins and functions of comparative religion as an academic and social practice.
Bose uses Chidester's work as a comparative methodological touchstone rather than discussing a specific single-volume title in detail.
Bose cites Chidester's work to situate Indian comparative-religious developments within broader global scholarship that treats indigenous comparative impulses seriously.
Chidester examines how religious difference was constructed and mobilized in colonial contexts, exploring intersections of politics, identity, and religious classification.
His influential contributions have shaped debates about the origins and functions of comparative religion as an academic and social practice.
Bose uses Chidester's work as a comparative methodological touchstone rather than discussing a specific single-volume title in detail.
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Neilesh Bose, "Chips from a Calcutta Workshop: Comparative Religion in Nineteenth Century India" (Cambridge UP, 2025)
