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Frykenberg, Robert Eric.

Christianity in India : from beginnings to the present / Robert Eric Frykenberg. - Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008. - xxi, 564 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - Oxford history of the Christian church . - Oxford history of the Christian Church. .

Includes bibliographical references (p. [485]-515) and index.

Christians, Christianity, and christendom -- Contextualizing complexity : India's lands, peoples, and social structures -- Contextualizing complexity : India's dominant religious traditions : Sanātana-Dharma and Dar-ul-Islam -- Thomas Christians and the Thomas tradition -- Pfarangi Catholic Christians and Padroado Christendom -- Evangelical Christians as missionary dubashis : conduits of cross-cultural communication -- India's Raj and political logic : the unification of India, a Southern perspective -- Āvarna Christians and conversion movements -- Missionaries, colonialism, and ecclesiastical dominion -- Indian Christians and Hindu Raj -- Elite education and missionaries -- Catholic renewal and resurgence -- Trophies of grace and their public influence -- Adivāsi movements in the North-east.

ISBN: 0198263775 (alk. paper) 9780198263777 (alk. paper)

LCCN: 2008002511

Nat. Bib. No.: GBA847423 bnb

Nat. Bib. Agency Control No.: 014566283 Uk

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
India--Church history.

LC Class. No.: BR 1155 / .F79 2008

Dewey Class. No.: 275.4 / F949c