Mission and Tamil Society: Social and Religious Change in South India (1840-1900)

ISBN-13: 9780700702923 / Angielski / Miękka / 1995 / 240 str.

Henriette Bugge; H. Bugge;Bugge Henriette

Opis

The area of missionary activity and conversion, the exchange of one religious identity for another has, the author argues, been much neglected in the scholarly debate in spite of being one of the areas where religion as a dynamic factor in Indian society is most apparent. This work provides an analysis of religion as a dynamic factor in Indian society. Not only is the ritual, economic and power status of the missionaries examined but the effects of conversion to the individual, most notably a change insocial status and mobility.

Spis treści

List of Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introductory Note -- Approach to the Study -- The Area: South Arcot District -- Geographical Features -- Divine Kingship -- Warrior Kings -- Arcot under Muslim Rule -- The Colonial Administration -- The Third Zone -- The Missionary Societies -- Portuguese and Jesuits -- Societe des Missions Etrang&res de Paris -- The First Protestant Missions -- The Danish Missionary Society -- The Central Issues -- The Intermediaries: Native Priests and Catechists -- The Organizational Framework -- The Recruitment of Catechists and Native Clergy -- The Education of the Catechists and Native Priests -- The Question of Leadership -- Maintaining Church Discipline -- The Concept of Sin -- The Means of Control -- Religious Processions -- Suffering and Possession -- Missionaries and Mass Movements -- The Mass Movements -- The Area of the DMS Mass Movements -- Changes in the Urukoilur area -- Reactions to Change -- The Danish Missionaries and the Mass Movements -- The Area of the MEP Mass Movements -- Changes in the Area of MEP Mass Movements -- The French Mission and the Mass Movements -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Sources and References -- Unpublished Sources -- Printed Sources -- Magazines and Journals -- Missionary Conferences -- Missionary Tracts, Memoirs, etc -- Monographs and Articles -- Index.

O autorze

Henriette Bugge