Scott, J. Barton, <br/><br/>
Slandering the sacred :  blasphemy law and religious affect in colonial India / 
J. Barton Scott. 
 - Ranikhet :  Permanent Black ;  2023. 
 - 294 pages :  illustrations ;  24 cm. 
 - Class 200: new studies in religion .
<br/><br/>Introduction: Secularizing blasphemy -- The merry prophet. Crisis of the public: The Rajpal Affair and its bodies ; Secularism, high and low: making the blasphemy bill -- Blasphemy's empire. Codifying blasphemy: religious feelings between colony and metropole ; Macaulay unmanned, or, Tom governs his feelings ; Libeling religion: secularism and the intimacy of insult -- Polemics as ethics. Printing pain, ruling sentiment: a brief history of Arya insult ; The Arya penal code: law and the practice of documentary religion ; The swami and the prophet: slandering lives, conducting character -- Conclusion: a feeling for "religion". 
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<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Blasphemy--Law and legislation--History--India<br/>Blasphemy--Law and legislation--History--Great Britain<br/>Libel and slander--Religious aspects--History--India<br/>Libel and slander--Religious aspects--History--Great Britain<br/>Freedom of expression--History--India
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>345.54 BAR P23S