Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 : contending with marginality /
Mallampalli, Chandra,1965-
London : RoutledgeCurzon,
2004.
Includes bibliographical references.
Contents: Introduction -- pt. 1. 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 : constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920) -- pt. 2. 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, 1921-37 -- pt. 3. Caste and communal identity. Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-37 -- At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937 -- Conclusion
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