Sengupta, Parna, 1971-

Pedagogy for religion : missionary education and the fashioning of Hindus and Muslims in Bengal / Parna Sengupta. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2011. - x, 211 p. ; 24 cm.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

The molding of native character -- A curriculum for religion -- An object lesson in colonial pedagogy -- The schoolteacher as modern father -- Teaching gender in the colony -- Mission schools and Qur'an schools -- Conclusion : pedagogy for tolerance.

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Education--History.--India--Bengal
Hindus--Education--History.--India--Bengal
Muslims--Education--History.--India--Bengal
Church schools--History.--India--Bengal
Missions--Educational work--India--Bengal.
Secularization--India--Bengal.

LA1154.B4 S38 2011 / 14743

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