The East India Company and Religion, 1698-1858
Penelope Carson, "The East India Company and Religion, 1698-1858"
English | ISBN: 1843837323 | 2012 | 291 pages | PDF | 5 MB
English | ISBN: 1843837323 | 2012 | 291 pages | PDF | 5 MB
This wide-ranging book charts how the East India Company grappled with religious issues in its multi-faith empire, putting them into the context of pressures exerted both in Britain and on the subcontinent, from the Company's early mercantile beginnings tThe free exercise of religion, the policy the Company adopted in its early days in order to safeguard the security of its possessions, was challenged by Evangelicals in the late eighteenth century. They demanded that the Company should grant free access tIn this compelling account, Penny Carson examines the twists and turns of the East India Company's policy on religious issues. The story of how the Company dealt with the fact that it was a Christian Company, trying to be equitable to the different faithsPenelope Carson is an independent scholar with a doctorate from King's College, London.