Kerala Christian Sainthood

Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India

Corinne G. Dempsey (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

232 Seiten

2001
Oxford University Press Inc (Verlag)
978-0-19-513028-7 (ISBN)

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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.

Erscheint lt. Verlag	15.2.2001
Zusatzinfo	20 halftones
Verlagsort	New York
Sprache	englisch
Maße	229 x 152 mm
Gewicht	524 g
Themenwelt	Religion / Theologie ► Christentum ► Kirchengeschichte
ISBN-10	0-19-513028-6 / 0195130286
ISBN-13	978-0-19-513028-7 / 9780195130287
Zustand	Neuware