Author: Stephen Neill
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Published: 1984-02-09
Total Pages: 6
ISBN-13: 9780521243513
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Christians form the third largest religious community in India. How has this come about? There are many studies of separate groups: but there has so far been no major history of the three large groups - Roman Catholic, Protestant and Thomas Christians (Syrians). This work attempts to meet the need for such a history. It goes right back to the beginning and traces the story through the ups and downs of at least fifteen centuries. It includes careful studies of the political and social background and of the non-Christian reactions to the Christian message. The narration is non-technical and should present few difficulties to the thoughtful reader; the more technical matters are dealt with in notes and appendices. This book will be of interest to all students of Church History and will also prove fascinating to many who are concerned with the development of Christianity as a world religion and in the dialogue between different forms of faith.
Author: Leonard Fernando (s.j.)
Publisher: Penguin Books India
Published: 2004
Total Pages: 368
ISBN-13: 9780670057696
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Written by two of the country's foremost theologians, Christianity in India traces the fascinating history of each of these communities, and describes the role of Christians in education, social services, multilingual publishing and the freedom struggle. The authors explain to non-Christians the tenets and rituals that bind the faithful, whether Catholic, Protestant or Orthodox - prayer, the Sunday service, baptism and marriage, the role of Jesus in daily life, Christians' understanding of other faiths - and examine the controversial issues of caste within Christianity and conversions from other faiths."--BOOK JACKET.
Author: Cyril Bruce Firth
Publisher: Madras, India : Published for the Senate of Serampore College by the Christian Literature Society
Published: 1961
Total Pages: 296
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DOWNLOAD EBOOK →Author: William Dalrymple
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 2010-06-07
Total Pages: 305
ISBN-13: 1408801248
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →A Buddhist monk takes up arms to resist the Chinese invasion of Tibet - then spends the rest of his life trying to atone for the violence by hand printing the best prayer flags in India. A Jain nun tests her powers of detachment as she watches her best friend ritually starve herself to death. Nine people, nine lives; each one taking a different religious path, each one an unforgettable story. William Dalrymple delves deep into the heart of a nation torn between the relentless onslaught of modernity and the ancient traditions that endure to this day. LONGLISTED FOR THE BBC SAMUEL JOHNSON PRIZE
Author: Bonnie Sue Lewis
Publisher: University of Oklahoma Press
Published: 2003
Total Pages: 318
ISBN-13: 9780806135168
DOWNLOAD EBOOK →"Creating Christian Indians takes issue with the widespread consensus that missions to North American indigenous peoples routinely destroyed native cultures and that becoming Christian was fundamentally incompatible with retaining traditional Indian identities"--from jkt.