Constructing Indian Christianities : culture, conversion and caste / / editors, Chad M. Bauman, Richard Fox Young

• Pubblicazione: London ; ; New York : , : Routledge, , 2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (289 p.)
• Disciplina: 266.54
• Soggetto topico: Christianity - India; Christianity - India - Social conditions
• Soggetto geografico: India Church history
• Altri autori: BaumanChad M YoungRichard Fox
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Cover; Half Title; Title Page; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; Preface and Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part 1: Who and What is an Indian Christian?; 1. Godparents and the Mother's Brother: 'Spiritual' Parenthood among the Latin Catholics of Kerala, South India; 2. Between Christian and Hindu: Khrist Bhaktas, Catholics and the Negotiation of Devotion in the Banaras Region; 3. Interlocking Caste with Congregation: A Political Necessity for Dalit Christians in Andhra, South India?; Part 2: Whose Religion is Indian Christianity? ; 4. Late 16th- and Early 17th-Century Contestations of Catholic Christianity at the Mughal Court5. Authority, Patronage and Customary Practices: Protestant Devotion and the Development of the Tamil Hymn in Colonial South India; 6. From Christian Ashrams to Dalit Theology - or Beyond? An Examination of the Indigenisation/Inculturation Trend within the Indian Catholic Church; 7. Taking the Cross and Walking from Subalternity to Modernity; Part 3: Can Christianity be Indian?; 8. Times of Trouble for Christians in Muslim and Hindu Societies of South Asia ; 9. The Interreligious Riot as a Cultural System: Globalisation, Geertz and Hindu-Christian Conflict10. Studied Silences? Diasporic Nationalism, 'Kshatriya Intellectuals' and the Hindu American Critique of Dalit Christianity's Indianness; Afterword I; Afterword II; About the Editors; Notes on Contributors; Index
• Sommario/riassunto: <P>This volume offers insights into the current 'public-square' debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and pertinent themes such as Dalit Indian Christianity, diasporic nationalism and conversion. The work will interest scholars and researchers of religious studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, modern Indian history, and politics.</P>
• Titolo autorizzato: Constructing Indian Christianities
• ISBN: 1-317-56026-4; 1-315-73420-6; 1-317-56027-2
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910791146403321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II