Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 : contending with marginality / Chandra Mallampalli.

Author: Mallampalli, Chandra, 1965-

Imprint:London ; New York : RoutledgeCurzon, 2004.

Descriptionxiv, 305 p. ; 24 cm.

Note:Introduction -- PART I. LEGAL CONSTRUCTIONS OF RELIGIOUS IDENTITY -- Rights of converts within British and Princely India, 1870-1895 -- Inheritance law and the 'native Christian' community, 1863-1917 -- Marital law and constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920) -- PART II. CONCEIVING A POLITICAL COMMUNITY -- The spiritual vs. the political : global religion and Indian politics, 1917-1933 -- The protestant disavowal of Christian communalism, 1910-1933 -- The indigenization of Catholic action, 1921-1937 -- PART III. CASTE AND COMMUNAL IDENTITY -- Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-1937 -- At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937 -- Conclusion.

Bibliography Note:Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index.

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