Outside the Fold

by Gauri Viswanathan

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.

Genres: Religion, Feminism

332 pages, Hardcover

First published May 11, 1998

Reviews

[Jessica Zu · Rating 5 out of 5]

only skimmed. need to re-read

[ARK · Rating 4 out of 5]

merges religious studies and postcolonial theory to interrogate the politics and subversions of colonial conversion.