Christians and Missionaries in India: Cross-cultural Communication Since 1500; with Special Reference to Caste, Conversion, and Colonialism

Jacket Description/Back: This interesting volume challenges the long-held assumption thatChristianity in India is nothing but a colonial or Western imposition. Leading experts here chronicle the histories and cultures ofIndia's many Christian communities and show that local Indianleaders were the real agents of religious change in the subcontinent. These chapters range widely over various facets of Indiansociety and its religious developments. Of crucial importance isthe fact that in exploring their subjects the contributors take painsto avoid the Eurocentric nature of most studies of India and represent Christianity from a genuinely Indocentric perspective. Theresult is an entirely new vista from which to view the history, features, and influence of Indian Christianity. Contributors: Peter B. AndersenMichael BergunderMarineCarrinPenelope CarsonGunnel CederlofRobert Eric FrykenbergE. M. JacksonHeike LiebauIwona MilewskaGeoffrey A. OddieIndira Viswanathan PetersonAvril PowellPaula RichmanJayeeta SharmaHarald Tambs-LycheRichard Fox YoungMarc Notes: Incl. bibl. ref. and index; Co-publ. in the UK by RoutledgeCurzon.

Contributor Bio:  Frykenberg, Robert Eric Frykenberg is Professor of History and South Asian Studies at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. Contributor Bio:  Low, Alaine At the time of writing, Alaine Low was an associate lecturer at the Open University and the associate editor of the five-volume Oxford History of the British Empire