Evangelising the Nation: Religion and the Formation of Naga Political Identity

ISBN-13: 9780815376132 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str.

John Thomas

Opis

This book narrates the history of how a particular understanding of Christianity rooted in the white settler culture of United States came to be transferred and established among the Nagas inhabiting the hills of northeastern India, and the impact it had on their political identity in the 20^th century.

Spis treści

Introduction  1. The Original Sin  2. Sending Out the Spears  3. War, Nationalism and Conversions  4. Peace, Crusades and Pacification  5. Church, Politics and the Limits of Theology  Conclusion. Bibliography

O autorze

John Thomas teaches History in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences, Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.