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  • South Asia's Christians

    Between Hindu and Muslim

    Series series OXFORD STUDIES WORLD CHRISTIANITY SERIES
    South Asia is home to more than a billion Hindus and half a billion Muslims. But the region is also home to substantial Christian communities, some dating almost to the earliest days of the faith. The stories of South Asia's Christians are vital for understanding the shifting contours of World Christianity, precisely because of their history of interaction with members of these other religious ... Leer más

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  • A Muslim Conspiracy in British India?

    Politics and Paranoia in the Early Nineteenth-Century Deccan

    As the British prepared for war in Afghanistan in 1839, rumors spread of a Muslim conspiracy based in India's Deccan region. Colonial officials were convinced that itinerant preachers of jihad - whom they labelled 'Wahhabis' - were collaborating with Russian and Persian armies, and inspiring Muslim princes to revolt. Officials detained and interrogated Muslim travelers, conducted weapons ... Leer más

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  • Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863-1937

    Contending with Marginality

    This book tells the story of how Catholic and Protestant Indians have attempted to locate themselves within the evolving Indian nation. Ironically, British rule in India did not privilege Christians, but pushed them to the margins of a predominantly Hindu society. Drawing upon wide-ranging sources, the book first explains how the Indian judiciary's 'official knowledge' isolated Christians from ... Leer más

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  • Race, Religion and Law in Colonial India

    Trials of an Interracial Family

    Series Libro 19 - Cambridge Studies in Indian History and Society
    How did British rule in India transform persons from lower social classes? Could Indians from such classes rise in the world by marrying Europeans and embracing their religion and customs? This book explores such questions by examining the intriguing story of an interracial family who lived in southern India in the mid-nineteenth century. The family, which consisted of two untouchable brothers, ... Leer más

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  • The Book that Made Your World

    How the Bible Created the Soul of Western Civilization

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  • India

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