Kerala Christian Sainthood - Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India (Hardcover)

Christianity has an ancient heritage in South India. According to tradition it was first brought to Kerala by the Apostle Thomas. Many Christian groups now coexist in Kerala, home to most of India's Christians. In this fascinating 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.

General

Imprint:	Oxford UniversityPress
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	February 2001
First published:	2001
Authors:	Corinne G Dempsey (Assistant Professor of Religion)
Dimensions:	243 x 163 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	228
ISBN-13:	978-0-19-513028-7
Categories:	Books > Humanities > Religion & beliefs > Christianity > General Books > Religion & Spirituality > Christianity > General Books > Christianity
LSN:	0-19-513028-6
Barcode:	9780195130287

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