Indian and Christian : Changing Identities in Modern India
- Bangalore; South Asian Institute Of Advanced Christian Studies, c2011
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Papers from the First SAIACS Annual Consultation 9-12 November 2012
1. The Burden of History and the Gift of Identity: Reflections on Christianity in India 2. History , History Books and the Blue Jackal 3. The Poetics and Politics of Pauline Identity: Wrestling with an ancestor to Articulate Our Identity as 'Indians' and 'Christians' 4. Early Christin Identity Formation and its Relevance for Modern India THEOLOGY AND PHILOSOPHY 5. Indian-Christian: Filling the Blank Theologically 6. Being Indian, Becoming Christian: Toward a Theological Vision for Identity Formation 7. Identity Beyond Violence and the Politics of Friendship 8. Hindu and Christian: Conflict or Challenge? 9. Communalism and Nationalism: Lessons from the Indian Christian Rejection of the 'Communal Award' in 1932 RELIGION AND CULTURE 10. Christian Identity and Religious Pluralism in India: Conversion and the Hindutva Challenge to Indian Identity 11. Castes of Mind and the Culture of Conversion: A Study of Indigenous Church Movements in Contemporary Eastern Uttar Pradesh 12. Revisiting the Identity of Women 13. Indian and European Muslim Identity: Possible Implications for Christian Political Thought PASTORAL THEOLOGY AND PSYCHOLOGY 14. Religious Conversion and Dual Identity: A Phenomenological Perspective 15. Identity and Conflict: A Pastoral Response 16. Human Identity from the Perspective of Hinduism