Studdert Kennedy's wide ranging study explores the 'Christian' voice and its influence on the empire's discourse and the shaping of the British imperial policy in India, focusing on the period between 1914 and 1935 when the Christian lexicon had begun to address the theme of the empire as 'providential dispensation. Kennedy discusses a vast range of topics: Jesus Christ and constitutional evolution in India (the acts of 1919 and 1935); British. "Orientalism' ...
