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Tisch Library Undergraduate Research Award Winner, 2013. To reconcile the impact of colonialism in India with the capacity for native religious choice, I follow Brian Pennington in exploring models of colonial encounter balancing colonial influence with native agency in a dialectic process. I examine two instances of creative responses by indigenous intellectuals to the threat of change: the founding ... read moreof the madrasah at Deoband and the Brahmo movement under Rammohan Roy and Debendranath Tagore. Through a definition of terms, a delineation of context, and a comparison of the themes of renewal and adaptation, I demonstrate that colonial influence grants opportunities for exceptional religious development among colonized subjects.read less
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