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Suffering and hope : Christianity and ethics among the Newars of Bhaktapur

Title: Suffering and hope : Christianity and ethics among the Newars of Bhaktapur / Ian Gibson.
Author: Gibson, Ian, 1985-
Publication: Kathmandu, Nepal : Ekta Books Pvt. Ltd., 2017.

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Description

xv, 279 pages, 4 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations, maps (black and white); 25 cm

Summary

"As soon as Ian Gibson began meeting Christians in the Nepali city of Bhaktapur, he noticed the importance of a particular type of story in their lives. When he asked someone "How did you become a Christian?" they would usually give a long and fluent answer, a narrative that had been told with minor or major variations many times before. This book grows out of these conversion narratives: it is a study of Christians in Bhaktapur, and of the Christian church in Nepal. It seeks to explain why Nepali Christianity is growing so rapidly, and to depict the lives of individual Christians."--Publisher's website.

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Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-275).

ISBN

9789937105231
9937105234

LCCN

2016334486

OCLC

ocn986659229
986659229
SCSB-9054527

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Princeton University Library