John C B Webster

A Social History of Christianity

North-West India Since 1800 (Oip)

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Produktbeschreibung

The book traces the history, formation, spread, and maintenance of the Christian community in Northwest India from the early nineteenth century.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: Oxford University Press, USA
• Seitenzahl: 428
• Erscheinungstermin: 14. Juni 2019
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 221mm x 144mm x 27mm
• Gewicht: 376g
• ISBN-13: 9780199478378
• ISBN-10: 0199478376
• Artikelnr.: 56657076

Autorenporträt

John C.B. Webster serves as a Trustee of Union Theological Seminary in New York. He retired as a Diaconal Worker of the Worldwide Ministries Division of the Presbyterian Church (USA) and his last assignment with them (1994-2001) was as a scholar and writer.

Inhaltsangabe

List of Tables and Maps
Preface
List of Abbreviations
1. Introduction
The Study of Christianity in North-west India
The Present Study
The Nature and Use of the Missionary Archive
2. The Beginnings: 1800
North-west India 21
The Coming of Christianity
Conclusions
3. The High Imperial Era: 1858
The Imperial Ethos
Education
The Religious Challenge
The Christian Community
Conclusions
4. The North-west in Ferment: 1881
The Changing Context
The Urban Elites
Urban Women
The Rural Dalits
The Christian Community
Conclusions
5. Towards Independence and Partition: 1919
The Christian Community
Christians and Political Movements
Nationalism and Missionary Raj
Conclusions
6. Christianity in North-west India Since Independence
Partition and Its Aftermath
The Reorganization and Proliferation of Churches
The Institutional Complex
The Christian Community
Conclusions
7. The North-west in the History of Christianity
Glossary
Bibliography
Index