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Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 : contending with marginality / Chandra Mallampalli.

By: Material type: TextTextPublication details: London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, ©2004.Description: xiv, 305 p. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0415323215 (alk. paper)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • ARCH FRBC 305.67 M252C 22
LOC classification:
  • DS432.5.C55 M35 2004
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Contents:
Introduction -- PART I. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY -- Rights of converts within British and Princely India, 1870-1895 -- Inheritance law and the 'native Christian' community, 1863-1917 -- Marital law and constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920) -- PART II. CONCEIVING A POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- The spiritual vs. the political : global religion and Indian politics, 1917-1933 -- The protestant disavowal of Christian communalism, 1910-1933 -- The indigenization of Catholic action, 1921-1937 -- PART III. CASTE AND COMMUNAL IDENTITY -- Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-1937 -- At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937 -- Conclusion.
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Item type Current library Collection Call number Status Date due Barcode
Archives Archives SAIACS Archives Room Frykenberg Collection ARCH FRBC 305.67 M252C (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not for loan 067223

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index.

Introduction -- PART I. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY -- Rights of converts within British and Princely India, 1870-1895 -- Inheritance law and the 'native Christian' community, 1863-1917 -- Marital law and constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920) -- PART II. CONCEIVING A POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- The spiritual vs. the political : global religion and Indian politics, 1917-1933 -- The protestant disavowal of Christian communalism, 1910-1933 -- The indigenization of Catholic action, 1921-1937 -- PART III. CASTE AND COMMUNAL IDENTITY -- Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-1937 -- At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937 -- Conclusion.

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