Overview
Robert Frykenberg's insightful study explores and enhances historical understandings of Christian communities, cultures, and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings down to the present. As one out of several manifestations of a newly emerging World Christianity, in which Christians of a Post-Christian West are a minority, it has focused upon those trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments which have made Christians in this part of the world distinctive. It seeks to uncover various complexities in the proliferation of Christianity in its many forms and to examine processes by which Christian elements intermingled with indigenous cultures and which resulted in multiple identities, and also left imprints upon various cultures of India. Thomas Christians believe that the Apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D./C.E., and that he left seven congregations to carry on the Mission of bringing the Gospel to India. In our day the impulse of this Mission is more alive than ever. Catholics, in three hierarchies, have become most numerous; and various Evangelicals/Protestant communities constitute the third great tradition. With the rise of Pentecostalism, a fourth great wave of Christian expansion in India has occurred. Starting with movements that began a century ago, there are now ten to fifteen times more missionaries than ever before, virtually all of them Indian. Needless to say, Christianity in India is profoundly Indian and Frykenberg provides a fascinating guide to its unique history and practice.
Full Product Details
Author: Robert Eric Frykenberg (Professor Emeritus of History & South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin - Madison (U.S.A.))
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Imprint: Oxford University Press
Dimensions:
Width: 16.30cm
, Height: 3.50cm
, Length: 24.00cm
Weight: 1.071kg
ISBN: 9780198263777
ISBN 10: 0198263775
Pages: 600
Publication Date: 26 June 2008
Audience:
College/higher education
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Undergraduate
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Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
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Reviews
The singular merit of this book is that the author does not simply present a history of Christianity in India from the beginning to today. Instead, he elaborates the socio-economic, political and religious impact of Christianity on Indian society and vice versa...This informative, analytical and comprehensive work will contribute to understanding better Christianity in India. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage, Bibliographia Missionaria ...Those who wish to understand the intricate complexities of religious change in modern India will find Robert Frykenberg's scholarly perceptions deeply instructive and richly rewarding. Is Christianity an Indian religion? Read this book and you may change your mind. Brian Stanley, Times Literary Supplement, ...this book, an extensive study of Christianity in India from beginnings to present, is timely. In more than 500 densely packed...pages, it considers Christianity's status and fortunes-good and ill-on the subcontinent. Leo Bowder Church Times an individual treasury of insights, both into Christianity in India and into the manifold problems of acculturation in a globalised world. David Goodall The Tablet A book in this series is a major event Dan O'Connor, Expository Times
The singular merit of this book is that the author does not simply present a history of Christianity in India from the beginning to today. Instead, he elaborates the socio-economic, political and religious impact of Christianity on Indian society and vice versa...This informative, analytical and comprehensive work will contribute to understanding better Christianity in India. Indunil Janakaratne Kodithuwakku Kankanamalage, Bibliographia Missionaria ...Those who wish to understand the intricate complexities of religious change in modern India will find Robert Frykenberg's scholarly perceptions deeply instructive and richly rewarding. Is Christianity an Indian religion? Read this book and you may change your mind. Brian Stanley, Times Literary Supplement, ...this book, an extensive study of Christianity in India from beginnings to present, is timely. In more than 500 densely packed...pages, it considers Christianity's status and fortunes-good and ill-on the subcontinent. Leo Bowder Church Times an individual treasury of insights, both into Christianity in India and into the manifold problems of acculturation in a globalised world. David Goodall The Tablet A book in this series is a major event Dan O'Connor, Expository Times [a] well-researched and winsightful book, authored by a highly regarded historian ... Frykenberg's book is truly a great contribution to the exploration of the complicated nature of religion and society in India. Koji Kawashima, International Journal of Asian Studies
...Those who wish to understand the intricate complexities of religious change in modern India will find Robert Frykenberg's scholarly perceptions deeply instructive and richly rewarding. Is Christianity an Indian religion? Read this book and you may change your mind. Brian Stanley, Times Literary Supplement, ...this book, an extensive study of Christianity in India from beginnings to present, is timely. In more than 500 densely packed...pages, it considers Christianity's status and fortunes-good and ill-on the subcontinent. Leo Bowder Church Times an individual treasury of insights, both into Christianity in India and into the manifold problems of acculturation in a globalised world. David Goodall The Tablet A book in this series is a major event Dan O'Connor, Expository Times
