A matter of belief : Christian conversion and healing in north-east India / Vibha Joshi.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Joshi, Vibha.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christianity--India--Nāgāland.

Christianity.

Spiritual healing--India--Nāgāland.

Spiritual healing.

Healing--Religious aspects--Christianity.

Healing.

Christianity and other religions--India--Nāgāland.

Christianity and other religions.

Nāgāland (India)--Church history.

Nāgāland (India).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (328 p.)

Place of Publication:

New York : Berghahn Books, 2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

'Nagaland for Christ' and 'Jesus Saves' are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, north-east India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies the underlying tensions and negotiations between Christian and non-Christian Naga. This religious division is intertwined with that of healing beliefs and practices, both animistic and biomedical. This study focuses on the particular experiences of the Angami Naga, one of the many Naga peoples. Like other Naga, they are citizens of the state of India but extend ethnolinguis

Contents:

A mountainous state

Classifying spirit and sickness

Religion of practice

Traditional healers

A brief history of Christian evangelisation

In the Naga Hills

Contemporary Christianity and the healing spirit

Church and healing.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. [271]-288) and index.

ISBN:

9781283655620

1283655624

9780857456731

0857456733

OCLC:

815668500