03261nam 2200649 450 991082031470332120230803205059.00-253-01300-3(CKB)3710000000237689(EBL)1782264(SSID)ssj0001333032(PQKBManifestationID)11772512(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001333032(PQKBWorkID)11385614(PQKB)10475608(MiAaPQ)EBC1782264(OCoLC)890531126(MdBmJHUP)muse41778(Au-PeEL)EBL1782264(CaPaEBR)ebr10929476(EXLCZ)99371000000023768920140918h20142014 uy 0engurcnu||||||||txtccrHindu-Catholic encounters in Goa religion, colonialism, and modernity /Alexander HennBloomington, Indiana :Indiana University Press,2014.©20141 online resource (230 p.)Description based upon print version of record.0-253-01294-5 0-253-01287-2 Includes bibliographical references and index.Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 Vasco da Gama''s Error: Conquest and Plurality; 2 Image Wars: Iconoclasm, Idolatry, and Survival; 3 Christian Pura nas: Hermeneutic, Similarity, and Violence; 4 Ganv: Place, Genealogy, and Bodies; 5 Demotic Ritual: Religion and Memory; 6 Crossroads of Religions: Shrines and Urban Mobility; Conclusion. Religion and religions: Syncretism Reconsidered; Notes; References; Index;"The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and considers its implications for our understanding of power, religion, and postcoloniality"--Provided by publisher.Syncretism (Religion)IndiaGoa (State)HinduismRelationsChristianityChristianity and other religionsHinduismPostcolonialismIndiaGoa (State)Goa (India : State)ReligionGoa (India : State)Religious life and customsSyncretism (Religion)HinduismRelationsChristianity.Christianity and other religionsHinduism.Postcolonialism261.2/45095478REL017000HIS017000SOC002010bisacshHenn Alexander1952-1298313MiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910820314703321Hindu-Catholic encounters in Goa3977062UNINA