Description |
1 online resource (xx, 385 pages) : illustrations, maps. |
Physical Medium |
polychrome |
Description |
text file |
Series |
The anthropology of Christianity ; 14
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Anthropology of Christianity ; 14.
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Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
Contents |
A Jesuit mission in history -- A culture of popular Catholicism -- Christians in village society: caste, place, and the ritualization of power -- Public worship and disputed caste: the Santiyakappar Festival over 150 years -- Christianity and Dalit struggle: 1960s to 1980s -- Hindu religious nationalism and Dalit Christian activism -- A return visit to Alapuram: religion and caste in the 2000s. |
Summary |
Skillfully combining archival research with fieldwork, this book examines the cultural impact of Christianity on Indian religious, social, and political life. |
Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
Subject |
Christianity -- India, South.
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Christianity. |
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South India. |
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Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion.
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Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion. |
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Christianity and other religions.
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Christianity and other religions. |
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Social classes -- India, South -- Religious aspects.
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Social classes. |
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Caste -- Religious aspects -- Christianity.
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Caste -- Religious aspects -- Christianity. |
Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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Other Form: |
Print version: Mosse, David. Saint in the banyan tree. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©2012 9780520253162 (DLC) 2012021913 (OCoLC)788263421 |
ISBN |
9780520953970 (electronic book) |
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0520953975 (electronic book) |
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9781283613286 (MyiLibrary) |
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128361328X (MyiLibrary) |
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9780520253162 |
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0520253167 |
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9780520273498 |
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0520273494 |
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