Author: Susan Billington Harper

Publisher: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing

Published:

Total Pages: 501

ISBN-13: 0802846432

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This book presents the only critical study of the public life and legacy of V. S. Azariah (1874-1945), the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese and the most successful leader of rural conversion movements to Christianity in modern India. Harper carefully explores Bishop Azariah's work, including his attempts to redress racism and improve social conditions in India, and documents -- for the first time anywhere -- the previously unknown controversy between Bishop Azariah and the great Mahatma Gandhi.

Terrestrial Lessons
Terrestrial Lessons

Author: Sumathi Ramaswamy

Publisher: University of Chicago Press

Published: 2017-10-03

Total Pages: 450

ISBN-13: 022647657X

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Prologue: Global itineraries, Earth inscriptions -- In pursuit of a global thing -- "As you live in the world, you ought to know something of the world"--The global pandit -- Down to Earth? Of girls and globes -- "It's called a globe. It is the Earth. Our Earth!" -- Epilogue: The conquest of the world as globe

Caste and Christianity
Caste and Christianity

Author: Duncan B. Forrester

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-04-07

Total Pages: 318

ISBN-13: 1351802070

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This work, first published in 1980, breaks new ground as concerns caste in India. It first examines the nature of caste and its relation to Hinduism and questions in what sense it is possible to speak of Christianity as an egalitarian faith. It then considers some Hindu egalitarian movements and traces the development of ideas on caste among Christian missionaries, examining the relationship between these views and the Revolt of 1857. Close attention is given to changing attitudes on caste, both by missionaries and by Indian Christians, while the influence of nationalism on Christian attitudes to caste and other social questions is further examined. Finally, there is a review of the contemporary state of the question and of the specifically Christian contribution to modern views on caste.

Forrester on Christian Ethics and Practical Theology
Forrester on Christian Ethics and Practical Theology

Author: Duncan B. Forrester

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2017-05-15

Total Pages: 585

ISBN-13: 1351936131

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Bringing together articles and chapters from his considerable work in theological ethics, India, and the social order, Duncan Forrester incorporates new writing and introductions to each thematic section to guide readers through this invaluable resource. This book offers stimulating studies in three related areas - Indian Christianity with particular attention to the caste system, contemporary Christian theological ethics, and the distinctive and challenging theological approach that Duncan Forrester has developed in relation to public issues such as prisons and punishment, welfare provision, social justice, and poverty.