To be cared for : the power of conversion and foreignness of belonging in an Indian slum /

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"To Be Cared For offers a unique window into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. The book focuses on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity. Nathaniel Roberts challe...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Roberts, Nathaniel, 1970- (Autor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2016]
Colección:Anthropology of Christianity ; 20.
Temas:
Pentecostal churches > India > Chennai.
Pentecostalism > India > Chennai > History.
Dalit women > Religious life > India > Chennai.
Pentecostal women > Religious life > India > Chennai.
Slums > India > Chennai.
Christianity and other religions > Hinduism.
Hinduism > Relations > Christianity.
Églises pentecôtistes > Inde > Chennai.
Mouvement charismatique > Inde > Chennai > Histoire.
Femmes intouchables > Inde > Chennai > Vie religieuse.
Femmes pentecôtistes > Inde > Chennai > Vie religieuse.
Christianisme > Relations > Hindouisme.
Hindouisme > Relations > Christianisme.
RELIGION > Christianity > Denominations.
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > Cultural.
Christianity
Hinduism
Interfaith relations
Pentecostal churches
Pentecostalism
Slums
India > Chennai
History
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Outsiders
  • Caste, care, and the human
  • Sharing, caring, and supernatural attack
  • Religion, conversion, and the national frame
  • The logic of slum religion
  • Pastoral power and the miracles of Christ
  • Salvation, knowledge, and suffering.

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