Ecclesial identities in a multi-faith context
Subtitle: Jesus truth-gatherings (Yeshu satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in northwest India
By: Darren Todd Duerksen ; foreword by William A. Dyrness
Contributors: Dyrness, William A., writer of foreword
Series: American Society of Missiology monograph series -- vol. 22; American Society of Missiology monograph series -- 22.
Publisher: Pickwick Publications
Published: 2015
Place of publication: Eugene, Oregon
Language: eng
Number of pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781625646552
Copyright date: 2015
Subjects: Hindus; Identification (Religion); Christianity and culture; Relations; Christianity; Religion; Christians; Hinduism; Sikhs; Christianity and other religions; Sikhism
Notes: Revision of author's thesis (Ph. D.)--Fuller Theological Seminary, 2011.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index.
Table of contents: title: Precedent literature: early pioneers and present scholars of contemporary Yeshu satsangs; title: Social theory framework: an emergentist theory of identity formation; title: Ethnographic methodology; title: An introduction to Yeshu satsangs and their context; title: Structural emergent properties of Hindu/Sikh practices; title: Inscribing new cultural emergent properties on Hindu and Sikh practices; title: Resisting and reshaping Christian practices; title: Ecclesial identity markers of the Yeshu satsangs; title: The emergence of the Yeshu satsang's ecclesial identities; title: Ecclesial identity emergence in the book of Acts; title: Conclusion and recommendations; title: Appendix A. Delimiting region versus religion; title: Appendix B. Summary of Yeshu satsangis and leaders; title: Appendix C. Leadership questionnaire; title: Appendix D. Satsangi questionnaire; title: Appendix E. Summary of Yeshu satsang leaders by community; title: Appendix F. The use of bhajans by Yeshu satsangs.