Caste, gender, and Christianity in colonial India : Telugu women in mission / James Elisha Taneti.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Taneti, James Elisha, 1972- author.

Series:

Postcolonialism and religions

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Missions--India--History.

Missions.

Christianity.

History.

Dalits.

Religion.

Telugu (Indic people).

Women in church work.

Protestant churches--Missions.

Women missionaries.

India.

Women missionaries--India--History.

Protestant churches--Missions--India--History.

Protestant churches.

Women in church work--India--History.

Telugu (Indic people)--India--Religion.

Dalits--India--Religion.

Christianity--India--History.

Physical Description:

xviii, 203 pages ; 23 cm.

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

New York, NY : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

Beginning in the nineteenth century, native women preachers served and led nascent Protestant churches in much of Southern India. Even while allying with their missionary employers, they evolved their own mission theology and practices. This volume identifies what Telugu Biblewomen believed their mission to be and how they practiced it. It also examines the impact of Telugu culture and socio-political dynamics, such as caste, gender, and empire, on the theology and practices of the Telugu Biblewomen. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Introduction 1

2 Foremothers and Foreign Sisters 25

3 The Meeting of Two Worlds in One Office: 1880-1921 53

4 Institutionalizing a Ministry: 1922-1947 85

5 A Local Manifestation of a Global Office 119

6 Conclusion 141.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137383082

1137383089

OCLC:

855607066