The Saint in the Banyan Tree : Christianity and Caste Society in India /

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Skillfully combining archival research with fieldwork, this book examines the cultural impact of Christianity on Indian religious, social, and political life.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Mosse, David
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Tamil (Indic people) > Religion
Christianity and other religions
Christianity
Caste > Religious aspects > Christianity
SOCIAL SCIENCE > Anthropology > General.
RELIGION > Christianity > History.
Castes > Aspect religieux > Christianisme.
Classes sociales > Inde (Sud) > Aspect religieux.
Christianisme > Relations.
Tamouls > Religion.
Christianisme > Inde (Sud)
Tamil (Indic people) > Religion.
Caste > Religious aspects > Christianity.
Social classes > India, South > Religious aspects.
Christianity and other religions.
Christianity > India, South.
South India.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • A Jesuit mission in history
  • A culture of popular Catholicism
  • Christians in village society: caste, place, and the ritualization of power
  • Public worship and disputed caste: the Santiyakappar Festival over 150 years
  • Christianity and Dalit struggle: 1960s to 1980s
  • Hindu religious nationalism and Dalit Christian activism
  • A return visit to Alapuram: religion and caste in the 2000s.

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