
Christians of India
Rowena Robinson(Author)
SAGE Publications Inc (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 11. September 2004
Book
Hardback
240 pages
978-0-7619-9822-8 (ISBN)
Description
`This book is dense with information and well structured. It gives a good overview of the extraordinary variety of Christian life in India and maps out the terrain for further reseearch... any serious student of Christianity in India will find this book very valuable. It ought to be read - however unlikely it is for this to happen - by all those who are contesting the place of Christianity in contemporary India' - Journal of Contemporary Religion
`This volume, which also provides an excellent select bibliography, is therefore to be welcomed by all those interested in the study of Indian Christianity' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Christians of India is an important study on Christian communities in India. Beginning with the authors critical scrutiny on existing literature on Christianity in India, which she feels has suffered from enormous neglect - a neglect that has extended to the study of all non-Hindu communities. The author traces the roots of this neglect to the roots of Sociology and Anthropolgy, from the moment these disciplines came to India.
`This volume, which also provides an excellent select bibliography, is therefore to be welcomed by all those interested in the study of Indian Christianity' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
Christians of India is an important study on Christian communities in India. Beginning with the authors critical scrutiny on existing literature on Christianity in India, which she feels has suffered from enormous neglect - a neglect that has extended to the study of all non-Hindu communities. The author traces the roots of this neglect to the roots of Sociology and Anthropolgy, from the moment these disciplines came to India.
Reviews / Votes
`This book is dense with information and well structured. It gives a good overview of the extraordinary variety of Christian life in India and maps out the terrain for further reseearch... any serious student of Christianity in India will find this book very valuable. It ought to be read - however unlikely it is for this to happen - by all those who are contesting the place of Christianity in contemporary India' - Journal of Contemporary Religion`This volume, which also provides an excellent select bibliography, is therefore to be welcomed by all those interested in the study of Indian Christianity' - The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute
More details
Edition
First Edition
Language
English
Place of publication
Thousand Oaks
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Product notice
Cloth over boards
Dimensions
Height: 216 mm
Width: 140 mm
Weight
400 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-7619-9822-8 (9780761998228)
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Schweitzer Classification
Content
Introduction
From Periphery to Centre
Journeying through the Social Worlds of Conversion
Patterns of Internal Differentiation
Class, Status and Gender
Negotiating Traditions
Consonance and Conflict
Kinship, Marriage and Inheritance
The Social and Material Implications of Conversion
Cults, Cures and Challenges to the Church
Conclusion
From Periphery to Centre
Journeying through the Social Worlds of Conversion
Patterns of Internal Differentiation
Class, Status and Gender
Negotiating Traditions
Consonance and Conflict
Kinship, Marriage and Inheritance
The Social and Material Implications of Conversion
Cults, Cures and Challenges to the Church
Conclusion