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Popular Christianity in India: Riting between the Lines(SUNY series in Hindu Studies)

Popular Christianity in India: Riting between the Lines(SUNY series in Hindu Studies)


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Explores the lived experience of Christianity in India.

Table of Contents:
Acknowledgments Foreword: The View from the Other Side: Postpostcolonialism, Religious Syncretism, and Class Conflict Wendy Doniger 1. Introduction: Between, Behind, and Beyond the Lines Selva J. Raj and Corinne G. Dempsey I. Festivals and Rituals: Forging Hybrid Christian Identities 2. Chariots of the God/s: Riding the Line Between Hindu and Christian Joanne Punzo Waghorne 3. The Ganges, the Jordan, and the Mountain: The Three Strands of Santal Popular Catholicism Selva J. Raj 4. Past Selves and Present Others: The Ritual Construction of Identity at a Catholic Festival in India Margaret Meibohm 5. Transgressing Boundaries, Transcending Turner: The Pilgrimage Tradition at the Shrine of St. John de Britto Selva J. Raj II. Saints and Wonderworkers: Healing Disease and Division 6. Lessons in Miracles from Kerala, South India: Stories of Three "Christian" Saints Corinne G. Dempsey 7. Finding a Path in Others' Worlds: The Challenge of Exorcism Richard D. MacPhail 8. Charismatic Transgressions: The Life and Work of an Indian Catholic Healer Mathew N. Schmalz III. Visionaries and Missionaries: Redefining Religious Authority 9. Redemptive Hegemony and the Ritualization of Reading Eliza F. Kent 10. Missionary Strategy and the Development of the Christian Community: Delhi 1859--1884 John C. B. Webster 11. Dalit Theology in Tamil Christian Folk Music: A Transformative Liturgy by James Theophilus Appavoo Zoe C. Sherinian 12. Afterword: Diverse Hindu Responses to Diverse Christianities in India Vasudha Narayanan Contributors Index

About the Author :
Selva J. Raj, Chair and Associate Professor of Religious Studies, is the Stanley S. Kresge Professor of Religious Studies at Albion College. Corinne G. Dempsey is Assistant Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point and the author of Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India.

Review :
"...this is a worthwhile addition to the study of Indian religions." - Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute "The authors draw on their own fresh and original fieldwork and research and give us data and insights that are unlikely to be found elsewhere. A remarkable milestone, this volume fills an important niche in the study of India and will be of great value." - Francis X. Clooney, S. J., author of Seeing through Texts: Doing Theology among the Srivaisnava of South India


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780791455203
  • Publisher: State University of New York Press
  • Publisher Imprint: State University of New York Press
  • Height: 229 mm
  • No of Pages: 303
  • Returnable: Y
  • Series Title: SUNY series in Hindu Studies
  • Sub Title: Riting between the Lines
  • Width: 152 mm
  • ISBN-10: 0791455203
  • Publisher Date: 24 Oct 2002
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 25 mm
  • Weight: 503 gr


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