To Be Cared For : The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum EPUB
by Nathaniel Roberts
Part of the The Anthropology of Christianity series
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To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits (';untouchables') in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a ';foreign' ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force,conversionintegrates the slum communityChristians and Hindus alikeby addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pitresidentsagainst one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land.
Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies #AsiaNow blog.
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- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2016
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- ISBN:9780520963634
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- Format:EPUB
- Pages:312 pages
- Publisher:University of California Press
- Publication Date:26/04/2016
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- ISBN:9780520963634