To Be Cared For
Subtitle: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum
Series: The Anthropology of Christianity
Publisher: University of California Press
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 312
ISBN-13: 9780520288829
Subjects: Pentecostal churches; Pentecostalism; Women, religious life; Women, india; Slums; Christianity and other religions, hinduism; Hinduism, relations, christianity
Table of contents: title: List of Illustrations Acknowledgments; title: Terminological Notes; title: Introduction; title: 1 • Outsiders; title: 2 • Caste, Care, and the Human; title: 3 • Sharing, Caring, and Supernatural Attack; title: 4 • Religion, Conversion, and the National Frame; title: 5 • The Logic of Slum Religion; title: 6 • Pastoral Power and the Miracles of Christ; title: 7 • Salvation, Knowledge, and Suffering; title: Conclusion; title: Appendix: Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2002; title: Notes; title: References; title: Index