Anti-Christian Violence in India
Title | Anti-Christian Violence in India PDF eBook |
Author | Chad M. Bauman |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 317 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501751433 |
Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict more than other social identities? Through an extended history of Christian-Hindu relations, with particular attention to the 2007–2008 riots in Kandhamal, Odisha, Anti-Christian Violence in India examines religious violence and how it pertains to broader aspects of humanity. Is "religious" conflict sui generis, or is it merely one species of intergroup conflict? Why and how might violence become an attractive option for religious actors? What explains the increase in religious violence over the last twenty to thirty years? Integrating theories of anti-Christian violence focused on politics, economics, and proselytization, Anti-Christian Violence in India additionally weaves in recent theory about globalization and, in particular, the forms of resistance against Western secular modernity that globalization periodically helps to provoke. With such theories in mind, Bauman explores the nature of anti-Christian violence in India, contending that resistance to secular modernities is, in fact, an important but often overlooked reason behind Hindu attacks on Christians. Intensifying the widespread Hindu tendency to think of religion in ethnic rather than universal terms, the ideology of Hindutva, or "Hinduness," explicitly rejects both the secular privatization of religion and the separability of religions from the communities that incubate them. And so, with provocative and original analysis, Bauman questions whether anti-Christian violence in contemporary India is really about religion, in the narrowest sense, or rather a manifestation of broader concerns among some Hindus about the Western sociopolitical order with which they associate global Christianity.
Pentecostals, Proselytization, and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India
Title | Pentecostals, Proselytization, and Anti-Christian Violence in Contemporary India PDF eBook |
Author | Chad M. Bauman |
Publisher | Oxford University Press, USA |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2015 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 0190202106 |
In contemporary violence against India's Christians, Pentecostals are disproportionately targeted. Based on extensive interviews and ethnographic work, this volume accounts for this disproportionate targeting through a detailed analysis of Indian Christian history, contemporary Indian politics, Indian social and cultural characteristics, and Pentecostal belief and practice.
Anti-Christian Violence in India
Title | Anti-Christian Violence in India PDF eBook |
Author | Chad M. Bauman |
Publisher | Cornell University Press |
Pages | 201 |
Release | 2020-09-15 |
Genre | History |
ISBN | 1501751425 |
Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict more than other social identities? Through an extended history of Christian-Hindu relations, with particular attention to the 2007–2008 riots in Kandhamal, Odisha, Anti-Christian Violence in India examines religious violence and how it pertains to broader aspects of humanity. Is "religious" conflict sui generis, or is it merely one species of intergroup conflict? Why and how might violence become an attractive option for religious actors? What explains the increase in religious violence over the last twenty to thirty years? Integrating theories of anti-Christian violence focused on politics, economics, and proselytization, Anti-Christian Violence in India additionally weaves in recent theory about globalization and, in particular, the forms of resistance against Western secular modernity that globalization periodically helps to provoke. With such theories in mind, Bauman explores the nature of anti-Christian violence in India, contending that resistance to secular modernities is, in fact, an important but often overlooked reason behind Hindu attacks on Christians. Intensifying the widespread Hindu tendency to think of religion in ethnic rather than universal terms, the ideology of Hindutva, or "Hinduness," explicitly rejects both the secular privatization of religion and the separability of religions from the communities that incubate them. And so, with provocative and original analysis, Bauman questions whether anti-Christian violence in contemporary India is really about religion, in the narrowest sense, or rather a manifestation of broader concerns among some Hindus about the Western sociopolitical order with which they associate global Christianity.
Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India
Title | Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India PDF eBook |
Author | Sarbeswar Sahoo |
Publisher | Cambridge University Press |
Pages | 225 |
Release | 2018-05-03 |
Genre | Political Science |
ISBN | 1108416128 |
Conversion and the shifting discourse of violence -- Spreading like fire: the growth of Pentecostalism among tribals -- Taking refuge in Christ: four narratives on religious conversion -- Becoming believers: Adivasi women and the Pentecostal church -- Encountering the alien: Hindutva politics and anti-Christian violence -- Beyond the competing projects of conversion
Under Caesar's Sword
Title | Under Caesar's Sword PDF eBook |
Author | Daniel Philpott |
Publisher | Law and Christianity |
Pages | 537 |
Release | 2018-03-15 |
Genre | Law |
ISBN | 1108425305 |
The first systematic global study of how Christians respond to persecution, presenting new research by leading scholars of global Christianity.
Christianity in India
Title | Christianity in India PDF eBook |
Author | Rebecca Samuel Shah |
Publisher | Fortress Press |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2018-11-08 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1506447929 |
Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities continue to make contributions to Indian society, even amid social pressure and violent persecution. In a time of controversy in India about the legitimacy of conversion and the value of religious diversity, Christianity in India addresses the complex issues of faith, identity, caste, and culture. It documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights, providing education and healthcare, fighting injustice and exploitation, and stimulating economic uplift for the poor. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how these active initiatives often invite persecution today. The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India, past and present, and address the challenges of religious freedom in contemporary India.
The Politics Behind Anti Christian Violence
Title | The Politics Behind Anti Christian Violence PDF eBook |
Author | Ram Puniyani |
Publisher | Anamika Pub & Distributors |
Pages | 866 |
Release | 2006 |
Genre | Christians |
ISBN | 9788174952370 |
With reference to India.