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Protestant origins in India : Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835
- Title
- Protestant origins in India : Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835 / D. Dennis Hudson.
- Author
- Hudson, D. Dennis.
- Publication
- Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub. ; Richmond, Surrey, U.K. : Curzon Press, 2000.
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- Description
- xi, 220 pages : illustrations; 24 cm.
- Summary
- This historical narrative of Protestantism in India examines responses by Tamil-speaking Hindus, Muslims, and Catholics to the evangelical Christianity introduced in the country by German Pietists. Drawing on concrete historical analysis and Tamil writings and archival materials, D. Dennis Hudson reveals the subtle and complex ideas about faith expressed by Tamil evangelicals when they found themselves opposing new ideas from Protestant Europe. More than a record of an important but little known period of religious history, this volume also raises significant questions about the relation of faith and culture.
- Series Statement
- Studies in the history of Christian missions
- Uniform Title
- Studies in the history of Christian missions.
- Subject
- Vedanayagam Pillai Sastri, 1774-1864
- Tamil (Indic people) > Missions > History
- Protestant churches > Missions > History. > India, South
- Protestants > India, South > History
- 11.55 Protestantism
- 15.75 history of Asia
- Protestant churches > Missions
- Protestants
- Evangelische Kirche
- Mission
- Tamilen
- Protestantse kerken
- Zending
- Tamouls (peuple d'Asie du Sud) > Missions > Histoire
- Églises protestantes > Missions > Inde (sud)
- Protestants > Inde (sud) > Histoire
- Histoire religieuse > Inde
- Geschichte 1706-1835
- India, South > Church history
- South India
- Tamilen
- Genre/Form
- Church history.
- History.
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 198-208) and index.
- Contents
- 1. Beginnings -- Protestant Predecessors -- 2. Spreading the Word -- Language and Velalans -- Insight into 'Heathen Darkness' -- Mutual Perceptions -- First Baptisms -- Spread of the Mission by Europeans -- 3. Pietism in Malabarian Lives -- Aaron: The First Ordained Malabarian Pastor -- Lutheran Pietism -- Rajanayakan: The Catechist -- Religious Discussions -- Exposition through Liturgy -- 4. 'Mahometans' or 'Moors' -- The 'Mahometans' or Moors' -- 5. 'Pagans' -- Dandapani Swami's 'Scripture of Truth' -- The 'Civilized' and the 'Alien' in Ancient Tamil Literature -- Three Types of 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- Velalans as 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- 'Pariahs' as 'Aliens' in the Ceri and the Wild -- 6. 'Pagan' Thought in Tranquebar and Tanjore -- Evangelical Rites in a 'Pagan' Context -- 7. Patterns in Development -- Roman Catholic Predecessors -- Evangelical Soldiers -- Expansion to the South -- A Velalan Protestant Culture -- 8. Vedanayagam Pillai, the Sastri (1774-1864) -- The Father -- The Son -- Early Poems -- Vedanayagam Becomes Sastri -- Sastri and His Family -- The Years of Dissension in the Tanjore Congregation -- Evangelical Sastri and Saiva King -- 9. 'New Missionaries' and the Tanjore Congregation -- Bible Translation -- Four 'Cruelties' -- Liturgical Practices -- Observance of Caste Distinctions -- The 'Foolishness of Amending Caste' -- 10. Final Thoughts -- A Theology of Pluralism -- The Intellectual Impact of Colonizing Europe.
- ISBN
- 0802847218
- 9780802847218
- 0700712445
- 9780700712441
- LCCN
- 00026467
- OCLC
- ocm43615481
- 43615481
- SCSB-1238488
- Owning Institutions
- Princeton University Library