Tamil Culture and Christianity
Author: Immanuel G. Sundararajan
Publisher:
Published: 1984
Total Pages: 65
ISBN-13: 9789971841348
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Christianity and Tamil Culture
Author: Ignatius Hirudayam
Publisher: [Madras] : Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras
Published: 1977
Total Pages: 110
ISBN-13:
DOWNLOAD EBOOKLectures delivered at the Dr. S. Radhakrishnan Institute for Advanced Study in Philosophy, University of Madras.
The Saint in the Banyan Tree
Author: David Mosse
Publisher: Univ of California Press
Published: 2012-10
Total Pages: 407
ISBN-13: 0520273494
DOWNLOAD EBOOK“This is a powerful and exciting work. Mosse has produced a work of scholarship that is lively and readable without any loss of subtlety and sophistication. It is a ground-breaking study, of critical importance to the ways we understand religious nationalism and the anthropology of postcolonial experience.”—Susan Bayly, author of Asian Voices in a Postcolonial Age
Protestant Origins in India
Author: Dennis Hudson
Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing
Published: 2000
Total Pages: 233
ISBN-13: 0802863299
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis historical narrative of Protestantism in India records the views of the Tamil-speaking peoples among whom German Pietists worked beginning in 1706. The views recorded here include those of Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics, but special attention is given to Tamils who became Evangelicals. Drawing on concrete historical analysis, Tamil writings, and archival materials, D. Dennis Hudson's work not only illumines a little-known period of religious history but also raises significant questions about the relationship between faith and culture.
Christianity in India
Author: Leonard Fernando (s.j.)
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780670057696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK"Written by two of the country's foremost theologians, Christianity in India traces the fascinating history of each of these communities, and describes the role of Christians in education, social services, multilingual publishing and the freedom struggle. The authors explain to non-Christians the tenets and rituals that bind the faithful, whether Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox - prayer, the Sunday service, baptism and marriage, the role of Jesus in daily life, Christians' understanding of other faiths - and examine the controversial issues of caste within Christianity and conversions from other faiths."--BOOK JACKET.
Christian Ashrams, Hindu Caves and Sacred Rivers
Author: Mario I. Aguilar
Publisher: Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Published: 2016-07-01
Total Pages: 202
ISBN-13: 1784503479
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn late 20th-century India, Christian-Hindu dialogue was forever transformed following the opening of Shantivanam, the first Christian ashram in the country. Mario I. Aguilar brings together the histories of the five pioneers of Christian-Hindu dialogue and their involvement with the ashram, to explore what they learnt and taught about communion between the two religions, and the wide ranging consequences of their work. The author expertly threads together the lives and friendships between these men, while uncovering the Hindu texts they used and were influenced by, and considers how far some of them became, in their personal practice, Hindu. Ultimately, this book demonstrates the impact of this history on contemporary dialogue between Christians and Hindus, and how both faiths can continue to learn and grow together.
Constructing Indian Christianities
Author: Chad M. Bauman
Publisher: Routledge
Published: 2014-08-07
Total Pages: 289
ISBN-13: 1317560272
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis volume offers insights into the current ‘public-square’ debates on Indian Christianity. Drawing on ethnographic fieldwork as well as rigorous analyses, it discusses the myriad histories of Christianity in India, its everyday practice and contestations and the process of its indigenisation. It addresses complex and pertinent themes such as Dalit Indian Christianity, diasporic nationalism and conversion. The work will interest scholars and researchers of religious studies, Dalit and subaltern studies, modern Indian history, and politics.
The Many Faces of Murukan
Author: Fred W. Clothey
Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Published: 2019-05-20
Total Pages: 272
ISBN-13: 3110804107
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThe series Religion and Society (RS) contributes to the exploration of religions as social systems - both in Western and non-Western societies; in particular, it examines religions in their differentiation from, and intersection with, other cultural systems, such as art, economy, law and politics. Due attention is given to paradigmatic case or comparative studies that exhibit a clear theoretical orientation with the empirical and historical data of religion and such aspects of religion as ritual, the religious imagination, constructions of tradition, iconography, or media. In addition, the formation of religious communities, their construction of identity, and their relation to society and the wider public are key issues of this series.
A History of Christianity in India
Author: Stephen Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-02-09
Total Pages: 6
ISBN-13: 9780521243513
DOWNLOAD EBOOKChristians form the third largest religious community in India. How has this come about? There are many studies of separate groups: but there has so far been no major history of the three large groups - Roman Catholic, Protestant and Thomas Christians (Syrians). This work attempts to meet the need for such a history. It goes right back to the beginning and traces the story through the ups and downs of at least fifteen centuries. It includes careful studies of the political and social background and of the non-Christian reactions to the Christian message. The narration is non-technical and should present few difficulties to the thoughtful reader; the more technical matters are dealt with in notes and appendices. This book will be of interest to all students of Church History and will also prove fascinating to many who are concerned with the development of Christianity as a world religion and in the dialogue between different forms of faith.
Religion and Conflict Attribution
Author: Francis-Vincent Anthony
Publisher: BRILL
Published: 2014-10-30
Total Pages: 299
ISBN-13: 9004270868
DOWNLOAD EBOOKReligion can play a dual role with regard to conflict. It can promote either violence or peace. Religion and Conflict Attribution seeks to clarify the causes of religious conflict as perceived by Christian, Muslim and Hindu college students in Tamil Nadu, India. These students in varying degrees attribute conflict to force-driven causes, namely to coercive power as a means of achieving the economic, political or socio-cultural goals of religious groups. The study reveals how force-driven religious conflict is influenced by prescriptive beliefs like religious practice and mystical experience, and descriptive beliefs such as the interpretation of religious plurality and religiocentrism. It also elaborates on the practical consequences of the salient findings for the educational process.
