The saint in the banyan tree : Christianity and caste society in India /
Mosse, David.
The saint in the banyan tree : Christianity and caste society in India / David Mosse. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - xx, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The anthropology of Christianity ; 14 . - Anthropology of Christianity ; 14. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.
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.
9780520253162 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520253167 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520273498 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520273494 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520953970 (ebook) 0520953975 (ebook)
40021479934
2012021913
016130871 Uk
Christianity--India, South.
Christianity and other religions.
Social classes--Religious aspects.--India, South
Caste--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Tamil (Indic people)--Religion.
BR 1156.I54 / M67 2012
The saint in the banyan tree : Christianity and caste society in India / David Mosse. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - xx, 385 p. : ill., maps ; 24 cm. - The anthropology of Christianity ; 14 . - Anthropology of Christianity ; 14. .
Includes bibliographical references (p. 327-355) and index.
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.
9780520253162 (cloth : alk. paper) 0520253167 (cloth : alk. paper) 9780520273498 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0520273494 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520953970 (ebook) 0520953975 (ebook)
40021479934
2012021913
016130871 Uk
Christianity--India, South.
Christianity and other religions.
Social classes--Religious aspects.--India, South
Caste--Religious aspects--Christianity.
Tamil (Indic people)--Religion.
BR 1156.I54 / M67 2012