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Christianity Remade - The Rise of Indian-Initiated Churches (Hardcover)
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Christianity Remade - The Rise of Indian-Initiated Churches (Hardcover)
Series: Studies in World Christianity
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If there is one question that haunts Indian Christians, it is this:
"What does it mean to be Indian and Christian?" This matter of
identity presents a unique challenge, especially today, in the face
of a Hindu nationalist challenge insisting that to be truly Indian,
one must be Hindu. Christianity Remade, however, offers a unique
path forward by studying the rise and character of Indian-initiated
churches (IICs), Christian movements founded by Indians to address
Indian issues, needs, and opportunities. IIC is not a common term
in Indian church life or theology today. Only a few scholars have
focused on Christian movements arising in India. Based on firsthand
experience from research conducted through the Mylapore Institute
for Indigenous Studies, Paul Joshua's groundbreaking work presents
a truly striking discovery: IICs represent a pivotal, re-formative
phase in the nearly twenty-century history of Indian Christianity.
They result from critiques of the inherited structures and outlook
of mission-founded Christianity. They respond to the deep needs of
people on the lower rungs of Indian society, and they fashion their
spiritual answers and modes of being from deeply Indian religious
materials. Thus, they engage in a creative combination of Indian
popular piety and the gospel of Jesus Christ as found in an Indian
reading of the Bible. Joshua engages specific IIC movements to draw
out singular contextual ingredients: the rise of Indian
nationalism, the generative power of Christian revivalism, the
movement for national independence, the bhakti tradition of popular
Hindu devotional practice, the challenge of Hindu spiritual power,
and the dynamism of contemporary urban culture. From these
ingredients, and drawing on insights from postcolonial studies,
Joshua reveals how a "subaltern" sensibility and vision from the
margins of Indian society challenged both the colonial overlords
and the mission-church hierarchs to create a Christianity made in
India.
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