Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 : contending with marginality /

"This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to find their place within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians, but pushed them to the margins of a predominantly Hindu society. Drawing upon wide-ranging sour...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Mallampalli, Chandra, 1965-
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.
Subjects:
Christians > India, South.
Caste > India, South.
Chrétiens > Inde (Sud)
Castes > Inde (Sud)
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Discrimination & Race Relations.
Caste
Christians
Ethnic relations
India, South > Ethnic relations.
Inde (Sud) > Relations interethniques.
South India
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • PART I. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY
  • Rights of converts within British and Princely India, 1870-1895
  • Inheritance law and the 'native Christian' community, 1863-1917
  • Marital law and constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920)
  • PART II. CONCEIVING A POLITICAL COMMUNITY
  • The spiritual vs. the political : global religion and Indian politics, 1917-1933
  • The protestant disavowal of Christian communalism, 1910-1933
  • The indigenization of Catholic action, 1921-1937
  • PART III. CASTE AND COMMUNAL IDENTITY
  • Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-1937
  • At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937
  • Conclusion.

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