1st Edition
Protestant Origins in India Tamil Evangelical Christians 1706-1835
By D. Dennis Hudson
Copyright 2001
232 Pages
by
Routledge
232 Pages
by
Routledge
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Protestant Christianity was established as a religion of India when in 1706 missionaries from the the German Evangelical Church sponsored by the King of Denmark landed at the Danish factory in Tamil-speaking Tranquebar. An indigenous congregation soon developed, with worship and catechising in Tamil and Portuguese. This book explores the manner in which people of various castes and of various... Read more
1. Beginnings 2. Spreading the Word 3. Pietism in Malabarian Lives 5. ‘Pagans’, 6. ‘Pagan’ Thought in Tranquebar and Tanjore 7. Patterns in Development 8. Vedanayagam Pillai, the Sastri (1774-1864) 9. ‘New Missionaries’ and the Tanjore Congregation, 10. Final Thoughts
Biography
D. Dennis Hudson
'An important study in the phenomenon of conversion and church community formation, and it enables us to understand more clearly what becoming a Christian meant in colonial India.' - Hindu-Christian Studies
