Title: Protestant Christianity in the Indian diaspora : abjected identities, evangelical relations, and pentecostal visions /
Authors: Goh, Robbie B. H., 1964-
Year: 2018
Subjects: Christian sociology Protestant churches.; Christian sociology India.; South Asian diaspora
Contents: Introduction: Protestant Christianity in the Indian diaspora: the nature and scope of this project -- The Christians of India: religious identities, communal feeling, and the dialectics of (dis)engagement -- The (re)constitution of regional/communal identities in the Indian Christian diaspora: cultural negotiation, familial tensions, Pentecostal/Evangelical influences -- Insistent Ruths: women, marriage and gendered spiritual roles -- Leaps of faith: Evangelicalism and/or Pentecostalism, supernatural transformations, and transnationalism -- "India" in the diasporic imaginary: Christianity, class, values, and religious affect -- Conclusion: Indian Christians: (not) at home in the world.