1st Edition

Hindu and Christian in South-East India

By Geoffrey Oddie Copyright 1995
    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    292 Pages
    by Routledge

    First Published in 1995. The purpose of this study is to examine religious institutions, trends and developments in two adjoining districts - thereby adopting a level of focus which falls somewhere between these two extremes of the broadly-based overview and the detailed localized investigation of single religious establishments or movements. It has also provided scope for comparison and a degree of generalization.

    List of figures, Abbreviations, Preface, Introduction, 1. Legacies and Setting, 2. Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800 - 1838, 3. The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism, 4. Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais, 5. The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District, 6. Aspects of Popular Hinduism, 7. Brahmans and Christian Conversion, 8. The Depressed Classes and Christianity, 9. The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change, 10. Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy, Conclusion, Appendix 1: Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1841- 1900, Appendix 2: Trustees of some Non-Adhinam Temples, Tanjore District, Appendix 3: Temple Committees, Appendix 4: Temple Lands and Income, Tanjore District, Appendix 5: Castes denied Entry into Principal Temples, Tanjore District, c. 1881 - 1901, Appendix 6: Peak Attendances at some Religious Festivals: Estimates

    Biography

    Oddie, Geoffrey