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Mosse, David.

The saint in the banyan tree Christianity and caste society in India / [electronic resource] : David Mosse. - Berkeley : University of California Press, c2012. - 1 online resource (xx, 385 p.) : ill., maps. - The anthropology of Christianity ; 14 . - Anthropology of Christianity ; 14. .

Includes bibliographical references and index.

A Jesuit mission in history -- A culture of popular Catholicism -- Christians in village society: caste, place, and the ritualization of power -- Public worship and disputed caste: the Santiyakappar Festival over 150 years -- Christianity and Dalit struggle: 1960s to 1980s -- Hindu religious nationalism and Dalit Christian activism -- A return visit to Alapuram: religion and caste in the 2000s.

ISBN: 9780520953970 (electronic bk.) 0520953975 (electronic bk.)

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Christianity--India, South.
Christianity and other religions.
Social classes--Religious aspects.--India, South
Caste--Religious aspects--Christianity.
RELIGION / Christianity / History

Subjects--Geographic Terms:
Tamil (Indic people)--Religion.

Index Terms--Genre/Form:
Electronic books.

LC Class. No.: BR1156.I54 / M67 2012eb

Dewey Class. No.: 275.4/0808694