Christianity in India: From Beginnings to the PresentOUP Oxford, 26 giu 2008 - 564 pagine Robert Frykenberg's insightful study explores and enhances historical understandings of Christian communities, cultures, and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings down to the present. As one out of several manifestations of a newly emerging World Christianity, in which Christians of a Post-Christian West are a minority, it has focused upon those trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments which have made Christians in this part of the world distinctive. It seeks to uncover various complexities in the proliferation of Christianity in its many forms and to examine processes by which Christian elements intermingled with indigenous cultures and which resulted in multiple identities, and also left imprints upon various cultures of India. Thomas Christians believe that the Apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D./C.E., and that he left seven congregations to carry on the Mission of bringing the Gospel to India. In our day the impulse of this Mission is more alive than ever. Catholics, in three hierarchies, have become most numerous; and various Evangelicals/Protestant communities constitute the third great tradition. With the rise of Pentecostalism, a fourth great wave of Christian expansion in India has occurred. Starting with movements that began a century ago, there are now ten to fifteen times more missionaries than ever before, virtually all of them Indian. Needless to say, Christianity in India is profoundly Indian and Frykenberg provides a fascinating guide to its unique history and practice. |
Sommario
Christians Christianity and Christendom | 1 |
Indias Lands Peoples and Social Structures | 21 |
Indias Dominant Religious Traditions San257tanaDharma and DarulIslam | 57 |
4 Thomas Christians and the Thomas Tradition | 91 |
5 Pfarangi Catholic Christians and Padroado Christendom | 116 |
Conduits of CrossCultural Communication | 142 |
The Unification of India a Southern Perspective | 169 |
8 256varna Christians and Conversion Movements | 206 |
11 Elite Education and Missionaries | 301 |
12 Catholic Renewal and Resurgence | 344 |
13 Trophies of Grace and their Public Influence | 380 |
14 Adiv257si Movements in the NorthEast | 419 |
15 Conclusion and Epilogue | 454 |
Bibliography | 485 |
Glossary | 517 |
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9 Missionaries Colonialism and Ecclesiastical Dominion | 243 |
10 Indian Christians and Hindu Raj | 268 |
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