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Caste and Christianity: Attitudes and Policies on Caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Missions in India book cover

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Caste and Christianity Attitudes and Policies on Caste of Anglo-Saxon Protestant Missions in India

By Duncan B. Forrester Copyright 1979
238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge

238 Pages
by Routledge
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This work, first published in 1980, breaks new 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. It then considers some Hindu egalitarian movements and traces the development of ideas on caste among Christian missionaries, examining the relationship... Read more

1. Hierarchy, Equality and Religion  2. The Development of a Protestant Consensus on Caste, 1793-1850  3. The Revolt of 1857 and the Caste Question  4. Caste and the Mass Movements  5. Caste, Converts and the Kerala Christians  6. Indian Christians’ Attitudes to Caste in the Nineteenth Century  7. Liberal Missionary Attitudes to Caste  8. Hindu Responses to the Missionary Attack on Caste  9. Indian Christians’ Attitudes to Caste in the Twentieth Century  10. Conclusion

Biography

Duncan Baillie Forrester was a Scottish theologian and the founder of the Centre for Theology and Public Issues at New College, University of Edinburgh. He was latterly honorary fellow and professor emeritus at New College.

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