[A]n impressive range of archival sources . . . about English religious politics of the 'sun never sets on the British Empire' school.
ANGLICAN & EPISCOPAL HISTORY
Carson has delivered a well-written and thoroughly researched monograph that will be a welcome addition to upper-division and graduate courses on British India . . . [and] to imperial and religious ... Read morestudies as well. Her work is the first of its kind to convey precisely why and how the Company implemented its religious policies, all within the context of a bitter debate between the Established Church and 'evangelicalism.
THE HISTORIAN
[A] superbly researched study [that] provides a valuable empirical foundation for understanding the complex forces that underlay Company policy, Evangelical activism, and ideology in British India.
CANADIAN JOURNAL OF HISTORY
[A] new and deftly researched volume.
ASIAN AFFAIRS
A well-written narrative, both readable and informative.
H-NET REVIEWS
An impressive study.
JOURNAL OF BRITISH STUDIES
For the more specialist student of missiology and imperial history, its drawing on such precise historical material will make it an invaluable resource.
CHURCH TIMES
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