Author: Thomas Charles Nagy Publisher: Taylor & Francis ISBN: 1317169158 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 246
Book Description
Though proportionally small, India's Christians are a populous and significant minority. Focussing on various Roman Catholic churches and shrines located in Chennai, a large city in South India where activities concerning saintal revival and shrinal development have taken place in the recent past, this book investigates the phenomenon of Catholic renewal in India. The author tracks the changing local significance of St. Thomas the Apostle, who according to local legend, was martyred and buried in Chennai and details the efforts of the Church hierarchy in Chennai to bring about a revival of devotion to St. Thomas. Insodoing, the book considers Indian Catholic identity, Indian Christian indigeneity and Hindu nationalism, as well as the marketing of St. Thomas and Catholicism within South India.
Author: Herbert E. Hoefer Publisher: William Carey Library ISBN: 9780878084449 Category : Religion Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
The purpose of this book is to describe a fact and reflect upon it theologically. The fact is, there are thousands of people who believe solely in Jesus Christ as their Lord and Savior but who have no plans to be baptized or to join the local church. Churchless Christianity is based on research from the early 1980s among non-baptized believers in Christ in Tamil Nadu, India. This revised edition includes all the original text plus five additional chapters and a new foreword.
Author: Kristin Norget Publisher: Univ of California Press ISBN: 0520963369 Category : Social Science Languages : en Pages : 384
Book Description
Aimed at a wide audience of readers, The Anthropology of Catholicism is the first companion guide to this burgeoning field within the anthropology of Christianity. Bringing to light Catholicism’s long but comparatively ignored presence within the discipline of anthropology, the book introduces readers to key studies in the field, as well as to current analyses on the present and possible futures of Catholicism globally. This reader provides both ethnographic material and theoretical reflections on Catholicism around the world, demonstrating how a revised anthropology of Catholicism can generate new insights and analytical frameworks that will impact anthropology as well as other disciplines.
Author: Thomas Charles Nagy
Author: Ishwar Sharan
Author: Herbert E. Hoefer
Author: Vē Jeyarāj
Author: Francis Beauchesne Thornton
Author: Paschal Kinsel
Author: Francis B. Thornton
Author: Paul Pallath
Author: Kristin Norget
Author: Government Museum (Chennai, India)