Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: Abjected Identities, Evangelical Relations, and Pentecostal Visions

by Robbie B. H. Goh

Overview

Captures how Indian Protestant Christians negotiate their religious and cultural identities within the Indian diaspora.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781438469423
Publisher:	State University of New York Press
Publication date:	01/02/2019
Edition description:	Reprint
Pages:	284
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 1.00(d)

About the Author

Robbie B. H. Goh is Professor of English Literature and Cultural Studies at the National University of Singapore. He is the author and editor of several books, including Christianity in Southeast Asia.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments
List of Illustrations

Introduction: Protestant Christianity in the Indian Diaspora: the Nature and Scope of this Project

1. The Christians of India: Religious Identities, Communal Feeling, and the Dialectics of (Dis)Engagement

2. The (Re)Constitution of Regional/Communal Identities in the Indian Christian Diaspora: Cultural Negotiation, Familial Tensions, Pentecostal/Evangelical Influences

3. Insistent Ruths: Women, Marriage, and Gendered Spiritual Roles

4. Leaps of Faith: Evangelicalism and/or Pentecostalism, Supernatural Transformations, and Transnationalism

5. “India” in the Diasporic Imaginary: Christianity, Class, Values, and Religious Affect

Conclusion: Indian Christians: (Not) At Home in the World

Notes
References
Index