Mission, Religion, and Caste: Themes in the History of Christianity in India

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This is an exploratory work making forays into aspects of caste, religion and the history of christian missions in India. These three elements were historically enmeshed in the discourse of the leading exponents of Indian reform and nationalism as they were in the proselytizing literature of the missionaries. They were implicated in the very logic of the thematic that prevailed as a result of the encounter between them and the `civilizational’ arguments that ensued.

In the exercise of reconstructing Indian society the missionaries were in the forefront and the existence of castes was the focus of their intervention. The result was conflict and confrontation between many Indians and the missionaries. The tensions between converts and non-converts, and the change or lack of it in the lives of untouchable and low castes tell a story of the dialectics of culture and power, ideology and consciousness that shape such historical processes.

This book does not seek to trace any linearity from the colonial to the contemporary scene in the complicated issues of religion and caste and the history of relations between Hindus and Christian missionaries. It is instead, an exploration into and discussion of the academic and political positions of various scholars.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR Shashi Joshi

Shashi Joshi has a Ph.D. from Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi. She began her academic career as Senior Lecturer at Miranda House, University of Delhi and was a Senior Fellow at the Nehru Memorial Museum and Library, New Delhi. From 1983 to 1987 she was Co-Director of an Indian Council of Historical Research project. She is currently a Fellow at the Indian Institute of Advanced Study, Shimla. This is her second stint as a Fellow at the IIAS.The author has several publications to her credit including a three-volume study of the contemporary history of India titled Struggle for Hagemony of India (1920-1947) published by Sage Publications (1992-94). Her most recent publications are The Last Durbar: A Dramatic Presentation of the Division of British India that focuses on the run-up to the partition of India. The book was published by Oxford University Press, Karachi (2006). The Indian edition was published by Roli Books (2007).

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Title
Mission, Religion, and Caste: Themes in the History of Christianity in India
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Edition
1st ed.
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ISBN
8179860779, 9788179860779
Length
188p., Bibliography; Index; 23cm.
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