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Zusatztext This is the best single-volume history of Christianity in India written so far. It is both genuinely Indo-centric and genuinely ecunemical. Klappentext This study explores historical understandings of Christian communities! cultures! and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings to the present time. Frykenberg focuses on trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments! uncovering complexities as Christianity intermingled with indigenous cultures. Zusammenfassung This study explores historical understandings of Christian communities, cultures, and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings to the present time. Frykenberg focuses on trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments, uncovering complexities as Christianity intermingled with indigenous cultures. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface 1: Introduction 2: Contextualizing Complexity, I: India's Lands, Peoples and Social Structures 3: India's Dominant Religious Traditions: Santana and Dar-ul-Islam 4: Thomas Christians and the Thomas Tradition 5: Pfarangi Catholic Christians and Padroado Christendom 6: Evangelical Christians as Missionary Dubashis: Conduits of Cross-Cultural Communication 7: India's Raj and Its Political Logic: The Unification of India, A Southern Perspective 8: Avarna Christians and Conversion Movements 9: Missionaries, Colonialism and Ecclesiastical Dominion 10: Indian Christians and Hindu Raj 11: Elite Eductaion and Missionaries 12: Catholic Renewal and Resurgence 13: Trophies of Grace and Their Public Influence 14: Adivasi Movements in the North East 15: Conclusion and Epilogue Bibliography
