India and the Indianness of Christianity : essays on understanding--historical, theological, and bibliographical--in honor of Robert Eric Frykenberg / edited by Richard Fox Young. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : William B. Eerdmans Pub., 2009. - xi, 283 p. : ill., map ; 24 cm. - Studies in the history of Christian missions . - Studies in the history of Christian missions. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Indian participation in enabling, sustaining, and promoting Christian mission in India / "Ancient churches" and modern missions in the nineteenth century / Empire and misinformation : Christianity and colonial knowledge from a South Indian Hindu perspective (ca. 1804) / Creating Christian community in early-nineteenth-century Agra / An "ardour" of devotion : the spiritual legacy of Henry Martyn / Revival, syncretism, and the anticolonial discourse of the Kherwar movement, 1871-1910 / Caste, Catholicism, and history "from below," 1863-1917 / Hindu pundits and missionary "knowledge" of Hinduism / Proselytism in the history of Christianity in India / Anticipating independent India : the idea of the Lutheran Christian nation and Indian nationalism / Indian Christians and Nehru's nation-state / Christian interpretation of "Hinduism" : between understanding and theological judgment / An overview and analysis of missionary collections in the United Kingdom relating to South Asia / North American sources for the study of Protestant Christian missions in India / Daniel Jeyaraj -- Wilbert R. Shenk -- Richard Fox Young -- Avril A. Powell -- Brian Stanley -- Peter B. Andersen -- Chandra Mallampalli -- Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Michael Bergunder -- Gunnel Cederl�of -- Judith M. Brown -- John B. Carman -- Rosemary Seton -- Martha Lund Smalley.

9780802863928 (pbk. : alk. paper) 0802863922 (pbk. : alk. paper)

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Missions--India.
Christianity--India.

BV 3265.3 / .I525 2009