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Christians & Public Life In Colonial South India
by Chandra Mallampalli
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ISBN Number: 9780415323215
Written by: Mallampalli, Chandra
Published by: Routledge/Curzon
Written by: Mallampalli, C.
Location: New York, NY
Filed Under: Social history
Filed Under: Ethnic relations
Filed Under: Asia, India
Filed Under: Christians
Filed Under: India, South
Filed Under: Caste
Filed Under: Christianity, History, General
Filed Under: Christians, India, South
Filed Under: Caste, India, South.
Edition Description: Includes bibliographical references.
Series Volume: 3147
Date of Publication: May 2004
Cover Type: Hardcover
Written in: English
Number of Pages: 322
Book Size: 9.24x6.52x.93 in. 1.36 lbs.
An issue often raised by scholars of Christianity in Africa, South Asia and other non-Western societies is whether being or becoming Christian displaces converts from local institutions and marginalizes them from national culture. This book describes a condition of marginality faced by Catholic and Protestant elites of the Madras Presidency, but argues that this condition was far from inevitable. Imperial policies, particularly in the form of judicial decisions, alienated so-called 'Native Christians' from the basic institutions that make one Indian, namely, family and caste. In spite of being the second largest minority in India, Christians have factored minimally into the writing of India's political history. This book redresses the balance, by describing how Christians became isolated from the national mainstream.
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