Outside the Fold
Conversion, Modernity, and Belief
by Gauri Viswanathan
332 pages· 1998· ISBN 9780691058993
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In a radical reexamination of religious conversion, Gauri Viswanathan demonstrates how conversion, especially to a minority or alternative religion, actually may be an act of resistance to established authority. In a wholly original perspective, Viswanathan equates the convert as religious dissenter and as colonial subject. Illustrated.
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