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Christianity in India : conversion, community development, and religious freedom / editors, Rebecca Samuel Shah, Joel Carpenter.

Contributor(s): Shah, Rebecca [editor.] | Carpenter, Joel A [editor.]
Material type: TextTextPublisher: Minneapolis, MN : Fortress Press, 2018Description: xix, 311 pages ; 23 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 1506447910; 9781506447919Subject(s): Christianity -- India | Christian converts -- India | Freedom of religion -- IndiaLOC classification: BR1155 | .C47 2018Bibliography, Etc. Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Contents:
Part I. Conversion and identity -- 1. Saving the soul of India : Christian conversion and the rise of Hindu nationalism / Rebecca Samuel Shah -- 2. Drinking a cup of nectar : the transformation of Lakshmibai Tilak / Sean Doyle -- 3. A "willingness to become undone" in relation to others : the plural life of C.F. Andrews / Bernardo A. Michael -- 4. Christian conversion in India : political exploitation or personal transformation? / Joshua Iyadurai -- part II. Indian praxis, American learning -- 5. American evangelicalism, social action and Christianity in India / Aminta Arrington -- 6. What God has joined together let no one separate : local church and development agencies in God's mission / Darren Duerksen -- part III. Nationalism, violence, and freedom -- 7. Bollywood and the BJP : an analysis of Indian identity in Karan Johar's films / Samuel Thambusamy 151 -- 8. Human rights and freedom of religion -- the ground experience : interviews with Dr. John Dayal and Rev. Vijayesh Lal / Karuna M. John -- 9. Christian response to violence in India / Vikas Ram and Kay Higuera Smith -- 10. Religious freedom among the marginalized in Bangalore, India / Rebecca Samuel Shah and Timothy Samuel Shah -- 11. The burned church : Christians and pluralism in India / Paul S. Rowe.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Part I. Conversion and identity -- 1. Saving the soul of India : Christian conversion and the rise of Hindu nationalism / Rebecca Samuel Shah -- 2. Drinking a cup of nectar : the transformation of Lakshmibai Tilak / Sean Doyle -- 3. A "willingness to become undone" in relation to others : the plural life of C.F. Andrews / Bernardo A. Michael -- 4. Christian conversion in India : political exploitation or personal transformation? / Joshua Iyadurai -- part II. Indian praxis, American learning -- 5. American evangelicalism, social action and Christianity in India / Aminta Arrington -- 6. What God has joined together let no one separate : local church and development agencies in God's mission / Darren Duerksen -- part III. Nationalism, violence, and freedom -- 7. Bollywood and the BJP : an analysis of Indian identity in Karan Johar's films / Samuel Thambusamy 151 -- 8. Human rights and freedom of religion -- the ground experience : interviews with Dr. John Dayal and Rev. Vijayesh Lal / Karuna M. John -- 9. Christian response to violence in India / Vikas Ram and Kay Higuera Smith -- 10. Religious freedom among the marginalized in Bangalore, India / Rebecca Samuel Shah and Timothy Samuel Shah -- 11. The burned church : Christians and pluralism in India / Paul S. Rowe.

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