Secularism, Islam and education in India, 1830-1910

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    • Ivermee, Robert

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Secularism, Islam and education in India, 1830-1910

by Robert Ivermee

(Empires in perspective, no. 25)

Routledge, 2016

  • : hbk

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"First published 2015 by Pickering & Chatto (Publishers) Limited"--T.p. verso

Includes bibliographical references (p. 147-163) and index

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Description

During the nineteenth century British officials in India decided that the education system should be exclusively secular. Drawing on sources from public and private archives, Ivermee presents a study of British/Muslim negotiations over the secularization of colonial Indian education and on the changing nature of secularism across space and time.

Table of Contents

  • Introduction: Secularism Considered
  • Chapter 1 Secular Education and Religious Identity
  • Chapter 2 Education, Religion and State in Ireland and India
  • Chapter 3 The Calcutta Madrasa and Muslim Education in Bengal
  • Chapter 4 Religious Education and State Withdrawal in the Punjab
  • Chapter 5 The Campaign for a Muslim University
  • conclusion Conclusion: Secularism Contested

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