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100 1 _aBauman, Chad M.
245 1 0 _aConstructing Indian Christianities :
_bCulture, Conversion and Caste.
250 _a1st ed.
264 1 _aOxford :
_bTaylor & Francis Group,
_c2014.
264 4 _c©2014.
300 _a1 online resource (289 pages)
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505 0 _aCover -- 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 Court -- 5. 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 Conflict -- 10. 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.
520 _aBy examining three interrelated questions -- Who and what is an Indian Christian? Whose religion is Indian Christianity? Can Christianity be Indian? -- this book draws attention to on-going 'public square' debates about Indian Christian 'ownership'. Three interrelated issues are explored thematically: caste, culture and conversion, and possible contestations within these.
588 _aDescription based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
590 _aElectronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, Michigan : ProQuest Ebook Central, 2024. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest Ebook Central affiliated libraries.
650 0 _aChristianity and other religions - India.
655 4 _aElectronic books.
700 1 _aYoung, Richard Fox.
776 0 8 _iPrint version:
_aBauman, Chad M.
_tConstructing Indian Christianities
_dOxford : Taylor & Francis Group,c2014
_z9781138020184
797 2 _aProQuest (Firm)
856 4 0 _uhttps://ebookcentral.proquest.com/lib/orpp/detail.action?docID=1762014
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