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Christians in South Indian villages, 1959-2009 : decline and revival in Telangana / John B. Carman & Chilkuri Vasantha Rao.

Carman, John Braisted.; Vasantha Rao, Chilkuri.
2014
275.484 C287c 2014
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Title
Christians in South Indian villages, 1959-2009 : decline and revival in Telangana / John B. Carman & Chilkuri Vasantha Rao.
Author
Carman, John Braisted.
ISBN
9780802871633 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
0802871631 (pbk. ; alk. paper)
Published
Grand Rapids, Michigan : William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2014.
Language
English
Description
xvi, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Other Standard Identifiers
40024370863
Call Number
275.484 C287c 2014
System Control No.
(OCoLC)869776148
(OCoLC)869776148
Summary
A discerning study of a slice of modern Indian Christianity and Christian-Hindu encounter. This book revisits South Indian Christian communities that were studied in 1959 and written about in Village Christians and Hindu Culture (1968). In 1959 the future of these village congregations was uncertain. Would they grow through conversions or slowly dissolve into the larger Hindu society around them? John Carman and Chilkuri Vasantha Rao's carefully gathered research fifty years later reveals both the decline of many older congregations and the surprising emergence of new Pentecostal and Baptist churches that emphasize the healing power of Christ. Significantly, the new congregations largely cut across caste lines, including both high castes and outcastes (Dalits). Carman and Vasantha Rao pay particular attention to the social, political, and religious environment of these Indian village Christians, including their adaptation of indigenous Hindu practices into their Christian faith and observances. (Publisher).
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 235-239) and index.
Formatted Contents Note
Studying and restudying village Christians
A brief history of developments in Telangana
Christianity in India and Telangana
The village religion surrounding Christians
The older congregations in the Jangarai section
The independent churches
New CSI congregations of different kinds
Christian adaptations of Hindu practices
Distinctive beliefs of CSI Christians
Healing and conversion
Challenges facing the CSI congregations
Challenges facing a divided church.
Added Author
Vasantha Rao, Chilkuri.
Series
Studies in the history of Christian missions.
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