Christianity and politics in tribal India : Baptist missionaries and Naga nationalism / G Kanato Chophy.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Chophy, G. Kanato, author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Baptists--Missions--India, Northeastern.

Baptists.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (480 pages)

Place of Publication:

Albany, New York : State University of New York Press, [2021]

Summary:

Chronicles the astonishing and counterintuitive spread of Christianity among a group of previously isolated tribes in a remote and hilly part of Northeastern India.

Contents:

Intro

Contents

Illustrations and Maps

Abbreviations

Acknowledgements

Introduction: One Faith, Many Ethnicities

II

III

IV

V

VI

1 The Empire and the Pearly Gates

VII

VIII

2 The Baptist Highland

3 Heirs of the New Faith

IX

X

4 Some Converts are More Equal than Others

5 Exotic Natives No More

6 Legends, Mystics, and Converts

7 The Baptist Intellectuals

8 Pragmatists and Idealists

9 Guns, the Bible, and the Little Red Book

Conclusion: Naga Baptists 2.0

Bibliography

Index.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781438485836

1438485832

OCLC:

1281966897