Kerala Christian Sainthood : Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India
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Hardback or Cased Book
ISBN-10
0195130286
ISBN-13
9780195130287
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
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Oxford University Press Inc
Country of Manufacture
GB
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Feb 15th, 2001
Print length
232 Pages
Weight
524 grams
Dimensions
15.20 x 22.90 x 2.30 cms
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Christianity
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In this fieldwork-based study, Corinne Dempsey examines the ways in which Kerala Christians construct "hybrid" (Western and Eastern) identity in a postcolonial world. She focuses on their devotion to saints as a particularly useful point of comparison with similar devotion in European Catholicism and the indigenous Hinduism of the region.
In this fieldwork-based study, Corinne Dempsey examines Christianity in Kerala, which is home to India''s ancient and thriving Christian community. Dempsey views their saint traditions as reflecting devotees'' "hybrid" (Western and Eastern) identities in colonial and postcolonial times. She uses Kerala Christian devotional practices as points of comparison with European Catholicism and the indigenous Hinduism of the region.
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