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Caste and Christianity:

attitudes and policies on caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant missions in India
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Curzon Press, 1980 - Social Science - 227 pages
This Work Breaks Into Fresh Ground As Concerns Caste In India. It First Examines The Nature Of Caste And Its Relation To Hinduism And Questions In What Sense It Is Possible To Speak Of Christianity As An Egalitarian Faith.

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Contents

Hierarchy Equality and Religion
1
The Development of a Protestant Consensus
23
The Revolt of 1857 and the Caste Question
48
Copyright

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TitleCaste and Christianity: attitudes and policies on caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant missions in India
Issue 1 of London studies on South Asia
AuthorDuncan B. Forrester
PublisherCurzon Press, 1980
Length227 pages
Subjects ›  › 

Caste
Christianity
Christianity and other religions
Church and social problems
Hinduism
Missions
Missions, British
Protestant churches
Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions
Religion / Hinduism / General
Social Science / Ethnic Studies / General
  
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