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1 online resource |
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polychrome |
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text file |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Intro; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; Introduction Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: the Nature and Scope of this Project; Chapter 1 The Christians of India: Religious Identities, Communal Feeling, and the Dialectics of (Dis)Engagement; Religious Identities and the Cultural Politics of Religion in India: A Brief Background; Christianity and Abjection: Social, Spatial, and Gendered Strategies; Evangelical Christianity: The Intensification of a Minority Problem; Regional/Vernacular Ecologies of Christianity. |
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The Case of Tamil Nadu and its Christian Diaspora: An OverviewIndian Christianity and Its Diasporas: Toward General Principles; Chapter 2 The (Re)Constitution of Regional/Communal Identities in the Indian Christian Diaspora: Cultural Negotiation, Familial Tensions, Pentecostal/Evangelical Influences; The Perpetuation of Region-Based Communalism in the Indian Christian Diaspora: A Comparative Snapshot; â#x80;#x9C;Parivarâ#x80;#x9D;: Familial Dynamics and Anxieties in the Indian Christian Diaspora; Generational Change and Conflict: The Spiritual Experience of Younger Indian Diasporic Christians. |
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Conclusion: Communal and â#x80;#x9C;Internationalâ#x80;#x9D; Christian Identities: Intrareligious Dynamics in the DiasporaChapter 3 Insistent Ruths: Women, Marriage, and Gendered Spiritual Roles; Communal and Christian Endogamy: Marriage and Family Values across Boundaries; Women, Familial-Social Factors, and Christian Endogamy; Christian Women and Leadership: Spiritual Qualities, Values, Expectations; Conclusion: Evangelical Pentecostalism and Transformative Zeal in the Indian Diaspora; Chapter 4 Leaps of Faith: Evangelicalism and/or Pentecostalism, Supernatural Transformations, and Transnationalism. |
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Pentecostalism and the Indian Communal ChurchPentecostalism and the Costs of â#x80;#x9C;Spiritual Conversionâ#x80;#x9D;: Examples from the Kerala Diaspora; Conversion Stories: Supernaturalism and Transnational Dispersal; Pentecostalism With and Against Evangelicalism: Examples from the Punjabi Community in Vancouver; Pentecostalism, Supernatural Zeal, Transnational Commitment; Other Instances of Transnational-Communal Christian Networks: The Punjabis and the Sindhis; Cosmopolitan Indian Christianity: Another Transnational Channel?; Conclusion: Boundary Crossings and Pentecostalismâ#x80;#x99;s Blurred Lines. |
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Chapter 5 â#x80;#x9C;Indiaâ#x80;#x9D; in the Diasporic Imaginary: Christianity, Class, Values, and Religious AffectAbjection and Attitudes to the Homeland â#x80;#x9C;from Belowâ#x80;#x9D;: Pakistani and India Christian Migrant Workers; â#x80;#x9C;Indiaâ#x80;#x9D; in the Middle-Class Diasporic Perspective: The Culture of Indifference and â#x80;#x9C;Softâ#x80;#x9D; Religious Determination; The Evangelical View: Critique Toward Spiritual and Affective Engagement; Conclusion: Evangelical Zeal, Geography, and Religious Affect; Conclusion Indian Christians: (Not) At Home in the World; Notes; References; Index. |
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eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
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Christian sociology -- Protestant churches.
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Christian sociology -- Protestant churches. |
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Christian sociology -- India.
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Christian sociology. |
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India. |
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South Asian diaspora.
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South Asian diaspora. |
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Electronic books.
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Print version: Goh, Robbie B.H., 1964- Protestant Christianity in the Indian diaspora. Albany, NY : SUNY Press, 2018 1438469438 9781438469430 (OCoLC)1009182992 |
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9781438469447 (electronic book) |
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1438469446 (electronic book) |
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9781438469430 (print) |
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1438469438 |
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