To Be Cared for - The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum

To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a "foreign" ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community-Christians and Hindus alike-by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."

Product details

• Authors: Nathaniel Roberts, Roberts Nathaniel
• Publisher: University Of California Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 31.07.2016
• EAN: 9780520288829
• ISBN: 978-0-520-28882-9
• No. of pages: 312
• Dimensions: 155 mm x 230 mm x 20 mm
• Series: The Anthropology of Christianity
• Subjects: Education and learning > Teaching preparation > Vocational needs; Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Christianity; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Sociology of Religion, RELIGION / Christianity / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Islamic Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural & Social, India, Social & cultural anthropology, ethnography, Christianity, Social and cultural anthropology, Social classes, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Social Classes & Economic Disparity, Religious groups: social & cultural aspects, Social groups: religious groups and communities