A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707Christians form the third largest religious community in India. How has this come about? There are many studies of separate groups: but there has so far been no major history of the three large groups - Roman Catholic, Protestant and Thomas Christians (Syrians). This work attempts to meet the need for such a history. It goes right back to the beginning and traces the story through the ups and downs of at least fifteen centuries. It includes careful studies of the political and social background and of the non-Christian reactions to the Christian message. The narration is non-technical and should present few difficulties to the thoughtful reader; the more technical matters are dealt with in notes and appendices. This book will be of interest to all students of Church History and will also prove fascinating to many who are concerned with the development of Christianity as a world religion and in the dialogue between different forms of faith. |
Contents
PART | 1 |
From Medieval to Modern | 50 |
Christians in the Indian Middle | 68 |
PART | 87 |
Beginnings of Mission | 111 |
III | 118 |
The Secular Clergy and their Work | 124 |
The Jesuits and the Indian Church | 134 |
The Later Years of Nobili | 293 |
Nobili as Writer | 297 |
Later Years of the Mission | 300 |
Some Conclusions | 308 |
Stability in Spite of Strife | 327 |
Other Roman Catholic Missions | 333 |
To Far Cathay | 341 |
A Mission to Tibet | 349 |
Akbar and the Jesuits | 166 |
Rome and the Thomas Christians | 191 |
Eastern Bishops Enter the Scene | 193 |
The Portuguese Take a Hand | 195 |
Bishops Syrian and Others | 199 |
The Mysterious Mar Abraham | 203 |
Menezes and the Synod of Diamper | 208 |
Controversy about the Synod | 217 |
Lights and Shadows | 220 |
The Portuguese Authorities Intervene | 223 |
The Inquisition | 228 |
Councils of the Church | 232 |
The Great Visitor | 234 |
Goa and its Environs | 235 |
Coromandel | 242 |
Other Extensions of the Work | 245 |
The Work of Other Orders | 248 |
PART THREE II India in the Seventeenth Century | 259 |
Shah Jahan | 262 |
Aurungzīb | 266 |
the Dutch | 269 |
the English | 272 |
the French | 275 |
Other Nations | 277 |
The Mission of Mathurai | 279 |
Disputes and Conversions | 283 |
Opposition and Controversies | 285 |
Enemies from Without and from Within | 287 |
Nobili on the Defensive | 290 |
Other Missionary Enterprises | 357 |
NonRoman Catholic Christianity in India | 364 |
APPENDICES | 388 |
The Rise of Mahayana Buddhism in South India | 394 |
The Authority of the Pope | 400 |
Acts of the Synod of Diamper | 406 |
Chapter 11 | 412 |
Abraham Rogerius | 419 |
Chapter 5 | 429 |
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Select Bibliographies contd | 511 |
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A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707 Stephen Neill No preview available - 1984 |
A History of Christianity in India: The Beginnings to AD 1707 Stephen Neill No preview available - 1984 |
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