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To Be Cared For - The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (Hardcover)
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To Be Cared For - The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (Hardcover)
Series: The Anthropology of Christianity, 20
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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,
conversion integrates the slum community-Christians and Hindus
alike-by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit
residents against one another in a national context that renders
Dalits outsiders in their own land."
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