LEADER 04138nam  2200745Ia 450 
001 9910462371503321
005 20200520144314.0
010   $a1-283-61328-X
010   $a0-520-95397-5
024 7 $a10.1525/9780520953970
035   $a(CKB)2670000000242531
035   $a(EBL)1028906
035   $a(OCoLC)815281422
035   $a(SSID)ssj0000826543
035   $a(PQKBManifestationID)12281262
035   $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000826543
035   $a(PQKBWorkID)10808424
035   $a(PQKB)10688283
035   $a(StDuBDS)EDZ0000124679
035   $a(MiAaPQ)EBC1028906
035   $a(OCoLC)826065114
035   $a(MdBmJHUP)muse31001
035   $a(DE-B1597)520921
035   $a(DE-B1597)9780520953970
035   $a(Au-PeEL)EBL1028906
035   $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10604322
035   $a(CaONFJC)MIL392573
035   $a(EXLCZ)992670000000242531
100   $a20120627d2012      ub             0
101 0 $aeng
135   $aurcn|||||||||
181   $ctxt
182   $cc
183   $acr
200 14$aThe saint in the banyan tree$b[electronic resource] $eChristianity and caste society in India /$fDavid Mosse
210   $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012
215   $a1 online resource (408 p.)
225 0 $aThe anthropology of Christianity ;$v14
300   $aDescription based upon print version of record.
311   $a0-520-27349-4 
311   $a0-520-25316-7 
320   $aIncludes bibliographical references and index.
327   $tFront matter --$tContents --$tIllustrations --$tPreface --$tAcknowledgments --$tNote on Transliteration --$tIntroduction --$t1. A Jesuit Mission in History --$t2. A Culture of Popular Catholicism --$t3. Christians in Village. Society Caste, Place, and the Ritualization of Power --$t4. Public Worship and Disputed Caste. The Santiyakappar Festival over 150 Years --$t6. Hindu Religious Nationalism and Dalit Christian Activism --$t7. A Return Visit to Alapuram. Religion and Caste in the 2000's --$tConclusion --$tNotes --$tGlossary --$tReferences --$tIndex
330   $aThe Saint in the Banyan Tree is a nuanced and historically persuasive exploration of Christianity's remarkable trajectory as a social and cultural force in southern India. Starting in the seventeenth century, when the religion was integrated into Tamil institutions of caste and popular religiosity, this study moves into the twentieth century, when Christianity became an unexpected source of radical transformation for the country's 'untouchables' (dalits). Mosse shows how caste was central to the way in which categories of 'religion' and 'culture' were formed and negotiated in missionary encounters, and how the social and semiotic possibilities of Christianity lead to a new politic of equal rights in South India. Skillfully combining archival research with anthropological fieldwork, this book examines the full cultural impact of Christianity on Indian religious, social and political life. Connecting historical ethnography to the preoccupations of priests and Jesuit social activists, Mosse throws new light on the contemporary nature of caste, conversion, religious synthesis, secularization, dalit politics, the inherent tensions of religious pluralism, and the struggle for recognition among subordinated people.
410  4$aThe Anthropology of Christianity
606   $aChristianity$zIndia, South
606   $aTamil (Indic people)$xReligion
606   $aChristianity and other religions
606   $aSocial classes$zIndia, South$xReligious aspects
606   $aCaste$xReligious aspects$xChristianity
608   $aElectronic books.
615  0$aChristianity
615  0$aTamil (Indic people)$xReligion.
615  0$aChristianity and other religions.
615  0$aSocial classes$xReligious aspects.
615  0$aCaste$xReligious aspects$xChristianity.
676   $a275.4/0808694
700   $aMosse$b David$0696358
801  0$bMiAaPQ
801  1$bMiAaPQ
801  2$bMiAaPQ
906   $aBOOK
912   $a9910462371503321
996   $aThe saint in the banyan tree$92488093
997   $aUNINA