Goh Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora

Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions
1. Auflage 2018
ISBN: 978-1-4384-6944-7
Verlag: De Gruyter
Format: EPUB
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 284 Seiten

Captures how Indian Protestant Christians negotiate their religious and cultural identities within the Indian diaspora.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Goh, Robbie B. H.

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Christliche Kirchen, Konfessionen, Denominationen Protestantismus, evangelische und protestantische Kirchen

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations

Introduction: Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: the Nature and Scope of this Project

1. The Christians of India: Religious Identities, Communal Feeling, and the Dialectics of (Dis)Engagement

2. The (Re)Constitution of Regional/Communal Identities in the Indian Christian Diaspora: Cultural Negotiation, Familial Tensions, Pentecostal/Evangelical Influences

3. Insistent Ruths: Women, Marriage, and Gendered Spiritual Roles

4. Leaps of Faith: Evangelicalism and/or Pentecostalism, Supernatural Transformations, and Transnationalism

5. “India” in the Diasporic Imaginary: Christianity, Class, Values, and Religious Affect

Conclusion: Indian Christians: (Not) At Home in the World

Notes
References
Index

Über Autor(innen)

Robbie B. H. Goh is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at the National University of Singapore. He is the author and editor of several books, including Christianity in Southeast Asia.