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(because citations are political)

This episode has no real thesis—except that you can find religion lurking everywhere, including a misandrist queer retelling of a gothic British romance.

We talked a lot in this episode about themes of the book, which included:

• religious abuse

• child abuse

• religio-racialization

• Sikhi

• Anglo-Sikh Wars

• and more!

Homework

• Kim Wagner, Amritsar 1919: An Empire of Fear and the Making of a Massacre (Yale: 2019). 

A few resources on martial races:

• Amanda Lanzillo, “Racializing Craftsmen: How British martial race theory erased Pathan artisanship.” Ajam Media Collective, July 26, 2020.

• Amanda Lanzillo, Pious Labor (UC Press, 2024)

• Harleen Kaur. (2024) “Legacies of a martial race: Sikh investment and implication in the US police state.” Memory Studies, 17(4), 795-812. https://doi.org/10.1177/17506980231170348.

• A piece from The Print, an Indian English language online magazine, about the ongoing legacies of martial race theory.

• An oldie but a classic: Pradeep Barua (1995). “Inventing Race: The British and India’s Martial Races.” The Historian 58, no. 1: 107–16.

• And Ilyse’s book, Indian Muslim Minorities and the 1857 Rebellion isn’t about martial races, but it is about racialization, the British, and religion.

• Megan’s topical book is both called and about Abusing Religion.

• And maybe you want to learn more about Sikhi? Check out our episode about it, here.

Religion Is Not Done With You

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