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Ecclesial identities in a multi-faith context : Jesus truth-gatherings (yeshu satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in northwest India /

""When Hindus and Sikhs become followers of Christ, what happens next?Should they join Christian churches that often look and feel very unfamiliar to them? Or to what degree can or should they remain a part of their Hindu/Sikh communities and practices? Uncomfortable with the answers that...

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Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Duerksen, Darren Todd (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Cambridge, United Kingdom : Lutterworth Press, 2015.
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  • Front cover
  • Half title
  • Title page
  • Copyright
  • Contents
  • Tables
  • Figures
  • Maps
  • Foreword by William A. Dyrness
  • Preface
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I. Foundations of the Study
  • Chapter 1: Precedent Literature: Early Pioneers and Present Scholars of Contemporary: Yeshu Satsangs
  • Chapter 2: Social Theory Framework: An Emergentist Theory of Identity Formation
  • Chapter 3: Ethnographic Methodology
  • Chapter 4: An Introduction to Yeshu Satsangs and Their Context
  • Part II. The Formation and Markers of Ecclesial Identities of Yeshu Satsangs
  • Chapter 5: Structural Emergent Properties Of Hindu/Sikh Practices
  • Chapter 6: Inscribing New Cultural Emergent Properties on Hindu and Sikh Practices
  • Chapter 7: Resisting and Reshaping Christian Practices
  • Chapter 8: Ecclesial Identity Markers of the Yeshu Satsangs
  • Chapter 9: The Emergence of the Yeshu Satsang's Ecclesial Identities
  • Part III. A Critical Correlation of Yeshu Satsang and Biblical Ecclesial Identities
  • Chapter 10: Ecclesial Identity Emergence in the Book of Acts
  • Chapter 11: Conclusion and Recommendations
  • Appendix A: Delimiting Region Versus Religion
  • Appendix B: Summary of Yeshu Satsangis and Leaders
  • Appendix C: Leadership Questionnaire
  • Appendix D: Satsangi Questionnaire
  • Appendix E: Summary of Yeshu Satsang Leaders by Community
  • Appendix F: The Use of Bhajans by Yeshu Satsangs
  • Glossary
  • Bibliography
  • Back cover.