LEADER 04279nam 2200817Ia 450 001 9911143098503321 005 20251117084858.0 010 $a9781283613286 010 $a128361328X 010 $a9780520953970 010 $a0520953975 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(Perlego)550864 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 $eChristianity and caste society in India /$fDavid Mosse 205 $a1st ed. 210 $aBerkeley $cUniversity of California Press$dc2012 215 $a1 online resource (408 p.) 225 0 $aThe anthropology of Christianity ;$v14 300 $aDescription based upon print version of record. 311 08$a9780520273498 311 08$a0520273494 311 08$a9780520253162 311 08$a0520253167 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$xChristianity 615 0$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 686 $aLB 42385$qSEPA$2rvk 700 $aMosse$b David$0696358 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9911143098503321 996 $aThe saint in the banyan tree$94876047 997 $aUNINA