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Margins of Faith: Dalit and Tribal Christianity in India
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TextPublication details: Delhi: Sage Publications, 2010Description: viii+299pISBN: - 9788132104674
- 275.40086`94 R6639
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This volume documents the ethnographies of genionally distinct Dalit and tribal Christian communities, raising new arguments pertaining to the autonomy and distinct identity of these communities, often in adverse social set-ups. Stressing upon the plurality of identities, the essays reject the idea of determining these exclusively on the basis of religion. They also chart the multiple levels of marginality experienced by both Dalit and tribal christians and analyze how these groups negotiate their former religious faith and practices with christianity.
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includes index and biblioraphy
This volume documents the ethnographies of genionally distinct Dalit and tribal Christian communities, raising new arguments pertaining to the autonomy and distinct identity of these communities, often in adverse social set-ups. Stressing upon the plurality of identities, the essays reject the idea of determining these exclusively on the basis of religion. They also chart the multiple levels of marginality experienced by both Dalit and tribal christians and analyze how these groups negotiate their former religious faith and practices with christianity.
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