Christianity in India : from beginnings to the present / Robert Eric Frykenberg.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Oxford history of the Christian ChurchPublication details: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008.Description: xxi, 564 p., [8] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0198263775 (alk. paper)
  • 9780198263777 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 275.4 22 F949c
LOC classification:
  • BR 1155 .F79 2008
Contents:
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.

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.

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