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Brother Bakht Singh Chabra, a Sikh convert, was one of the foremost evangelists and Bible teachers in India. Bakht Singh was well known as a pioneer in gospel contextualization and a proponent of indigenous Indian churches. The movement and assemblies he established were often viewed as splinter groups from mainstream churches and many considered his teachings and theology as negatively syncretic. In this publication, Dr Bharathi Nuthalapati establishes that Bakht Singh's theology was rooted in the Indian spirituality of experience through personal relationship and devotion to God or Bhakti. Brother Singh Christianized Bhakti and in his hands Bhakti became a Christian idiom. The author also analyzes how pre-Christian, Sikh elements persisted in Bakht Singh's movement while remaining theologically orthodox, as well as how various aspects of Indian religiosity and biblical and western Christianity were adopted, rejected, reinterpreted, or revolutionized in his movement.

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This is one of the more important books to appear in recent years, lling in a gap in the contemporary accounting of India's newer, indigenous churches. It should be read by theologians, missionaries, and seminary students alike. Professor Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. PhD Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA For all those interested in deepening their knowledge of the varieties of religious experience in the wonder that is India, and for those concerned about indigenous ways in which the Christian faith has been fostered in interaction with inter- and intra-faith realities, this book o ers much sustenance to accompany this journey, and I warmly recommend it to practitioners and researchers alike. Rev J. Jayakiran Sebastian, DTh Lutheran Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA

This is one of the more important books to appear in recent years, lling in a gap in the contemporary accounting of India's newer, indigenous churches. It should be read by theologians, missionaries, and seminary students alike. Professor Cecil M. Robeck, Jr. PhD Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA For all those interested in deepening their knowledge of the varieties of religious experience in the wonder that is India, and for those concerned about indigenous ways in which the Christian faith has been fostered in interaction with inter- and intra-faith realities, this book o ers much sustenance to accompany this journey, and I warmly recommend it to practitioners and researchers alike. Rev J. Jayakiran Sebastian, DTh Lutheran Theological Seminary, Pennsylvania, USA

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B. E. BHARATHI NUTHALAPATI holds a PhD in Church History from Fuller Theological Seminary, California, USA, and has several academic articles published in the USA and India. As well as being a visiting professor teaching History of Christianity, she also provides academic book reviews and teaches seminars in India and around the world. Her ministry includes counseling families and individuals in south India.

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