To Be Cared for: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum Volume 20
(Part of the The Anthropology of Christianity Series)
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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...
Format:Paperback
Language:English
ISBN:0520288823
ISBN13:9780520288829
Release Date:April 2016
Publisher:University of California Press
Length:312 Pages
Weight:0.95 lbs.
Dimensions:0.8" x 5.9" x 8.9"
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