2nd Edition
Evangelising the Nation Religion and the Formation of Naga Political Identity
By John Thomas
Copyright 2026
224 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
224 Pages
4 B/W Illustrations
by
Routledge India
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Evangelising the Nation examines the extent to which a particular articulation of Christianity mediated the formation of national identity among the Nagas who inhabit the hill tracts between the Brahmaputra River in India and the Chindwin River in Burma (now Myanmar). This revised second edition revisits the defining attributes of this process and brings to forefront the agential role of... Read more
Foreword to the Second Edition. Preface to the Second Edition. Preface to the First Edition. Acknowledgements. List of abbreviations. Introduction 1. The original sin 2. Sending out the spears 3. War, nationalism and conversions 4. Peace, crusades and pacification 5. Church, politics and the limits of theology Conclusion. Postscript. Bibliography. Index.
Biography
John Thomas is Assistant Professor in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology, Guwahati, Assam, India.
