The saint in the banyan tree Christianity and caste society in India - Mosse, David (Berkeley : University of California Press, 2012)
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.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Description based on print version record.
Keywords: Christianity -- India, South; Tamil (Indic people) -- Religion; Christianity and other religions; Social classes -- India, South -- Religious aspects; Caste -- Religious aspects -- Christianity; RELIGION / Christianity / History; Electronic books