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Postcolonial Anxiety and Anti-Conversion Sentiment in the Report of the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee

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Bauman, C.M. Postcolonial Anxiety and Anti-Conversion Sentiment in the Report of the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee . Hindu Studies 12, 181–213 (2008). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11407-008-9060-1

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