To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (Volume 20) (The Anthropology of Christianity)
ISBN-13:
9780520288829
ISBN-10:
0520288823
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Nathaniel Roberts
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Paperback
312 pages
Category:
Protestantism
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Christian Books & Bibles
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ISBN-13:
9780520288829
ISBN-10:
0520288823
Edition:
First Edition
Author:
Nathaniel Roberts
Publication date:
2016
Publisher:
University of California Press
Format:
Paperback
312 pages
Category:
Protestantism
,
Christian Books & Bibles
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To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (Volume 20) (The Anthropology of Christianity) (ISBN-13: 9780520288829 and ISBN-10: 0520288823), written by authors
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To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits (“untouchables”) in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a “foreign” ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community—Christians and Hindus alike—by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."
Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies' #AsiaNow blog.
Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies' #AsiaNow blog.
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