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Margins of faith : Dalit and tribal Christianity in India / edited by Rowena Robinson, Joseph Marianus Kujur.
- Format:
- Book
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Christianity--India.
- Christianity.
- Church and minorities--India.
- Church and minorities.
- Dalits--India--Religion.
- Dalits.
- Marginality, Social--India.
- Marginality, Social.
- Marginality, Social--Religious aspects--India.
- India--Religion.
- India.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (viii, 299 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Los Angeles ; London : SAGE, 2010.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This volume documents the ethnographies of regionally distinct Dalit and tribal Christian communities, raising new arguments pertaining to the autonomy and distinct identity of these communities, often in adverse social set-ups. Stressing upon the plurality of identities, the essays reject the idea of determining these exclusively on the basis of religion. They also chart the multiple levels of marginality experienced by both Dalit and tribal Christians and analyze how these groups negotiate their former religious faith and practices with Christianity. The book is a response to the urgent need
- Contents:
- Cover; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 - Introduction; 2 - Tribal Church in the Margins: Oraons of Central India; 3 - Dalit Encounter with Christianity: Change and Continuity; 4 - Margins of Faith: Dalits and Tribal Christians in Eastern India; 5 - Varieties of Dalit Christianity in North India; 6 - Christian Piety and the Emergence of Hindu Nationalism in Central India; 7 - Legally Hindu: Dalit Lutheran Christians of Coastal Andhra Pradesh; 8 - Contradiction and Change in the Mizo Church; 9 - The Broken Mirror: John Masih's Journey from Isai to Dalit
- 10 - Christianization, Hinduization and Indigenous Revivalism among the Tribals of Gujarat11 - The Catholic Church and Dalit Christian Activism in Contemporary Tamil Nadu; 12 - Identity, Conversion and Violence: Dalits, Adivasis and the 2007-08 Riots in Orissa; About the Editors and Contributors; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Description based on print version record.
- ISBN:
- 9786612839825
- 9789386042934
- 9386042932
- 9788132112211
- 8132112210
- 9781282839823
- 1282839829
- 9788132106043
- 8132106040
- OCLC:
- 671529854
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