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Christian inculturation in India [electronic resource] / Paul M. Collins.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: EBSCO eBook collection | Liturgy, worship, and societyPublication details: Aldershot, England ; Burlington, VT : Ashgate, c2007.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 234 p.) : illISBN:
  • 9780754687023 (electronic bk.)
  • 0754687023 (electronic bk.)
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christian inculturation in India.LOC classification:
  • BR115.C8 C526 2007eb
Contents:
Cultures, commerce and colonies : the export factor -- Setting the scene -- Redefining identities : landscapes and imperatives to 1963 -- Whose values; which cultures? : the effects of local theologies -- Art, architecture and topography : temples and churches in South India -- Rites and rituals : lex orandi, lex credendi? -- Imperatives for a new agenda.
Summary: Drawing together international and Indian sources, and new research on the ground in South India, this book presents a unique examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. Paul Collins examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures, and then explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual and the critique offered of these outcomes, especially by Dalit theologians.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Copy number Status Notes Date due Barcode
Books Books SAIACS General Stacks Centre for South Asia Research (CSAR) 261.0954 C699C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) C.2 Available TBN-OCT/2016 053851
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 261.0954 C699C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 045722

Includes bibliographical references (p. [211]-225) and indexes.

Cultures, commerce and colonies : the export factor -- Setting the scene -- Redefining identities : landscapes and imperatives to 1963 -- Whose values; which cultures? : the effects of local theologies -- Art, architecture and topography : temples and churches in South India -- Rites and rituals : lex orandi, lex credendi? -- Imperatives for a new agenda.

Drawing together international and Indian sources, and new research on the ground in South India, this book presents a unique examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. Paul Collins examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures, and then explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual and the critique offered of these outcomes, especially by Dalit theologians.

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