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Hindu-Catholic encounters in Goa : religion, colonialism, and modernity / Alexander Henn.
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Henn, Alexander, 1952- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Syncretism (Religion)--India--Goa (State).
- Syncretism (Religion).
- Hinduism--Relations--Christianity.
- Hinduism.
- Christianity and other religions--Hinduism.
- Christianity and other religions.
- Postcolonialism--India--Goa (State).
- Postcolonialism.
- Goa (India : State)--Religion.
- Goa (India : State).
- Goa (India : State)--Religious life and customs.
- Catholic Church--Relations--Hinduism.
- Catholic Church.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (230 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Bloomington, Indiana : Indiana University Press, 2014.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- "The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and considers its implications for our understanding of power, religion, and postcoloniality"-- Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Note on Transliteration; Introduction; 1 Vasco da Gama''s Error: Conquest and Plurality; 2 Image Wars: Iconoclasm, Idolatry, and Survival; 3 Christian Pura nas: Hermeneutic, Similarity, and Violence; 4 Ganv: Place, Genealogy, and Bodies; 5 Demotic Ritual: Religion and Memory; 6 Crossroads of Religions: Shrines and Urban Mobility; Conclusion. Religion and religions: Syncretism Reconsidered; Notes; References; Index;
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9780253013002
- 0253013003
- OCLC:
- 890531126
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