And the Birds Began to Sing : : Religion en Literature in Post-Colonial Cultures / / edited by Jamie S. Scott.
Taking as its starting-point the ambiguous heritage left by the British Empire to its former colonies, dominions and possessions, And the Birds Began to Sing marks a new departure in the interdisciplinary study of religion and literature. Gathered under the rubric Christianity and Colonialism, essay...
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