TY - BOOK AU - Jayakumar, Samuel TI - Mission reader : historical models for wholistic mission in the Indian context SN - 1870345428 U1 - 266.0954 PY - 2002/// CY - Delhi, Oxford PB - ISPCK ; Regnum International, KW - Missions.-- India KW - Missions KW - Christianity and other religions.-- India KW - Dalits.-- India.-- Religion KW - Interfaith Relations N1 - Historical models for wholistic mission among the subaltern and Dalit communities of the Indian sub-continent Use of Dravidian religious traditions for a dialogue with non-Brahmin Hindus : toward developing new models for contextual communication of the gospel to the Dalits and the tribals of India Indians encountering modernity : examining the existing models of approaching modernity in India and proposing new ones on the basis of a historical study The impact of modernity on the Dalits : church finding ways to assist the poor and the oppressed communities to cope with modernity Nationalism, democracy and the underclasses. Appendixes. The framework for mission understanding of this reader : biblical themes of salvation, justification, sanctification, proclamation, evangelism and kingdom as expression of Christian mission Missionaries' contribution to Tamil historical and linguistic scholarship Tables showing Christians participation in the National Congress Bishop Spencer, Bishop of Madras to the Tirunelveli clergy, 8th December, 1841 Significance of evangelism in the Indian context : challenges and opportunities ER -