Includes bibliographical references and index.

A second generation of emerging Dalit theology texts is re-shaping the way we think of Indian theology and liberation theology. This book is a vital part of that conversation. Taking post-colonial criticism to its logical end of criticism of statism, Hebden looks at the way the emergence of India as a nation state shapes political and religious ideas. Keith draws on historical trends, Christian anarchist voices and the religious experiences of indigenous Indians.

Subversion and resistance in postcolonial discourse -- Cosmic courtship and the violence of the gods -- Self preservation society -- Missiological controversies on church and state -- Fathers of the nation : the Gandhi and Ambedkar controversy -- Resistance from the margins -- Dalit theology and the powers that be -- Jesus the foreigner.

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