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catalog abstract "The subtle complexities of Christian missionary activity in India from the 16th through the 20th centuries are discussed in 16 articles by scholars of religion, history, and anthropology in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, France, Australia, India, and the US. An introduction and an overview to the diverse Christian groups in India are provided by Frykenberg (emeritus, history, U. of Wisconsin-Madison). Other topics include the first European missionaries on Sanskrit grammar, the Tranquebar mission, the German missionary education of two 19th- century Indian intellectuals, two articles on the Santals, and several papers that describe missionary interference in traditions of caste.--From publisher's description.".
catalog contributor b12860839.
catalog contributor b12860840.
catalog created "2003.".
catalog date "2003".
catalog date "2003.".
catalog dateCopyrighted "2003.".
catalog description ""Pillar of a new faith" : Christianity in late-nineteenth-century Punjab from the perspective of a convert from Islam / Avril A. Powell -- Missionaries and print culture in nineteenth-century Assam : the Orundoi periodical of the American Baptist mission / Jayeeta Sharma -- The Santals, though unable to plan for tomorrow, should be converted by Santals / Marine Carrin and Harald Tambs-Lyche -- Christian missionaries and Orientalist discourse : illustrated by materials on the Santals after 1855 / Peter B. Andersen and Susanne Foss -- Glimpses of a prominent Indian Christian family of Tirunelveli and Madras, 1863-1906 : perspectives on caste, culture, and conversion / E.M. Jackson -- Social mobilization among people competing at the bottom level of society : the presence of missions in rural south India, ca. 1900-1950 / Gunnel Cederlöf -- ".
catalog description "From Pentecostal healing evangelist to Kalki avatar : the remarkable life of Paulaseer Lawrie, alias Shree Lahari Krishna (1921-1989) : a contribution to the understanding of new religious movements / Michael Bergunder -- Praising baby Jesus in Iyecupiran Pillaitamil / Paula Richman.".
catalog description "Includes bibliographical references and index.".
catalog description "Introduction : dealing with contested definitions and controversial perspectives ; Christians in India : an historical overview of their complex origins / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- First European missionaries on Sanskrit grammar / Iwona Milewska -- Country priests, catechists, and schoolmasters as cultural, religious, and social middlemen in the context of the Tranquebar mission / Heike Liebau -- Tanjore, Tranquebar, and Halle : European science and German missionary education in the lives of two Indian intellectuals in the early nineteenth century / Indira Viswanathan Peterson --Christianity, colonialism, and Hinduism in Kerala : integration, adaptation, or confrontation? / Penelope Carson -- Constructing "Hinduism" : the impact of the Protestant missionary movement on Hindu self-understanding / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Receding from antiquity : Hindu responses to science and Christianity on the margins of empire, 1800-1850 / Richard Fox Young -- ".
catalog description "The subtle complexities of Christian missionary activity in India from the 16th through the 20th centuries are discussed in 16 articles by scholars of religion, history, and anthropology in Denmark, Sweden, the UK, France, Australia, India, and the US. An introduction and an overview to the diverse Christian groups in India are provided by Frykenberg (emeritus, history, U. of Wisconsin-Madison). Other topics include the first European missionaries on Sanskrit grammar, the Tranquebar mission, the German missionary education of two 19th- century Indian intellectuals, two articles on the Santals, and several papers that describe missionary interference in traditions of caste.--From publisher's description.".
catalog extent "xii, 419 p. ;".
catalog identifier "0802839568 (pbk. : alk. paper)".
catalog isPartOf "Studies in the history of Christian missions".
catalog issued "2003".
catalog issued "2003.".
catalog language "eng".
catalog publisher "Grand Rapids, Mich. : W.B. Eerdmans Pub.,".
catalog spatial "India".
catalog subject "266/.00955 21".
catalog subject "BV3265.2 .C45 2003".
catalog subject "Missions India History.".
catalog tableOfContents ""Pillar of a new faith" : Christianity in late-nineteenth-century Punjab from the perspective of a convert from Islam / Avril A. Powell -- Missionaries and print culture in nineteenth-century Assam : the Orundoi periodical of the American Baptist mission / Jayeeta Sharma -- The Santals, though unable to plan for tomorrow, should be converted by Santals / Marine Carrin and Harald Tambs-Lyche -- Christian missionaries and Orientalist discourse : illustrated by materials on the Santals after 1855 / Peter B. Andersen and Susanne Foss -- Glimpses of a prominent Indian Christian family of Tirunelveli and Madras, 1863-1906 : perspectives on caste, culture, and conversion / E.M. Jackson -- Social mobilization among people competing at the bottom level of society : the presence of missions in rural south India, ca. 1900-1950 / Gunnel Cederlöf -- ".
catalog tableOfContents "From Pentecostal healing evangelist to Kalki avatar : the remarkable life of Paulaseer Lawrie, alias Shree Lahari Krishna (1921-1989) : a contribution to the understanding of new religious movements / Michael Bergunder -- Praising baby Jesus in Iyecupiran Pillaitamil / Paula Richman.".
catalog tableOfContents "Introduction : dealing with contested definitions and controversial perspectives ; Christians in India : an historical overview of their complex origins / Robert Eric Frykenberg -- First European missionaries on Sanskrit grammar / Iwona Milewska -- Country priests, catechists, and schoolmasters as cultural, religious, and social middlemen in the context of the Tranquebar mission / Heike Liebau -- Tanjore, Tranquebar, and Halle : European science and German missionary education in the lives of two Indian intellectuals in the early nineteenth century / Indira Viswanathan Peterson --Christianity, colonialism, and Hinduism in Kerala : integration, adaptation, or confrontation? / Penelope Carson -- Constructing "Hinduism" : the impact of the Protestant missionary movement on Hindu self-understanding / Geoffrey A. Oddie -- Receding from antiquity : Hindu responses to science and Christianity on the margins of empire, 1800-1850 / Richard Fox Young -- ".
catalog title "Christians and missionaries in India : cross-cultural communication since 1500, with special reference to caste, conversion, and colonialism / edited by Robert Eric Frykenberg ; associate editor, Alaine Low.".
catalog type "History. fast".
catalog type "text".