Michael J. Altman is Associate Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Alabama. His research ranges from American religious history to critical theory. His first book, Heathen, Hindoo, Hindu: American Representations of India, 1721-1893 will be published by Oxford University Press in 2017.
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