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Constructing Indian Christianities
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ABSTRACT
This volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and pertinent themes such as Dalit Indian Christianity, diasporic nationalism and conversion. The work will interest scholars and researchers of religious studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, modern Indian history, and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |2 pages
Part 1: Who and What is an Indian Christian?
chapter 1|20 pages
Godparents and the Mother’s Brother: ‘Spiritual’ Parenthood among the Latin Catholics of Kerala, South India
chapter 2|22 pages
Between Christian and Hindu: Khrist Bhaktas, Catholics and the Negotiation of Devotion in the Banaras Region
chapter 3|14 pages
Interlocking Caste with Congregation: A Political Necessity for Dalit Christians in Andhra, South India?
part |2 pages
Part 2: Whose Religion is Indian Christianity?
chapter 4|25 pages
Late 16th- and Early 17th-Century Contestations of Catholic Christianity at the Mughal Court
chapter 5|24 pages
Authority, Patronage and Customary Practices: Protestant Devotion and the Development of the Tamil Hymn in Colonial South India
chapter 6|28 pages
From Christian Ashrams to Dalit Theology — or Beyond? An Examination of the Indigenisation/Inculturation Trend within the Indian Catholic Church
part |2 pages
Part 3: Can Christianity be Indian?