Dalit Christians in South India: Caste, Ideology and Lived Religion

ISBN-13: 9781138366794 / Angielski / Twarda / 2020 / 140 str.

Ashok Kumar Mocherla

Opis

This ethnographic study of Dalit Lutherans in South India examines how the lived religion of Dalit Christians contests the structures of caste domination in rural Andhra, and shows how new religious ideas, patterns, terrains, rituals, and practices impact the politics of the region.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. Social History of Christianity and Lutheranism in Andhra  2. Changing Gods: Caste-Class Consciousness and Critical Events of Protest  3. Dalit Christians: Rituals, Religious Celebrations, and Community Politics  4. Identity, Ideology and Dalit Christian Politics  5. Interlocking Caste with Congregation: A Political Necessity for Dalit Christians in Andhra?  Conclusion