Creating Christian Indians
Title | Creating Christian Indians PDF eBook |
Author | Bonnie Sue Lewis |
Publisher | University of Oklahoma Press |
Pages | 318 |
Release | 2003 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780806135168 |
"Creating Christian Indians takes issue with the widespread consensus that missions to North American indigenous peoples routinely destroyed native cultures and that becoming Christian was fundamentally incompatible with retaining traditional Indian identities"--from jkt.
Living Water and Indian Bowl
Title | Living Water and Indian Bowl PDF eBook |
Author | Dayanand Bharati |
Publisher | William Carey Library |
Pages | 222 |
Release | 2004 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 9780878086115 |
This is an insightful analysis based on personal experience of Christian work among Hindus and the error and inadequacy of Western Christianity in the Hindu world. Numerous anecdotes are the greatest strength of this important book. "He presents the transcultural Good News in culturally understandable ways for the India of the 21st century." -H. Stanley Wood, Center for New Church Development, Columbia Theological Seminary
Sketches of Indian Christians
Title | Sketches of Indian Christians PDF eBook |
Author | |
Publisher | |
Pages | 284 |
Release | 1896 |
Genre | Christian biography |
ISBN |
The Christ of the Indian Road
Title | The Christ of the Indian Road PDF eBook |
Author | E Stanley Jones Foundation |
Publisher | Abingdon Press |
Pages | 220 |
Release | 2010-08-01 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1426719205 |
Jones recounts his experiences in India, where he arrived as a young and presumptuous missionary who later matured into a veteran who attempted to contextualize Jesus Christ within the Indian culture. He names the mistake many Christians make in trying to impose their culture on the existing culture where they are bringing Christ. Instead he makes the case that Christians learn from other cultures, respect the truth that can be found there, and let Christ and the existing culture do the rest.
Indian and Christian
Title | Indian and Christian PDF eBook |
Author | Cornelis Bennema |
Publisher | SAIACS Press & Oxford House Research |
Pages | 331 |
Release | 2011-11-09 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 8187712260 |
Indian and Christian: Changing Identities in Modern India is a collection of essays from the 1st SAIACS Consultation that took place during November 2010 at SAIACS, Bangalore. ‘Who am I?’ is a question that every human needs to ask themselves. In this book, this question is looked at from a dual perspective—Indian and Christian. Can one be both ‘Indian’ and ‘Christian’ in the modern world? Should one have a single identity or can one have multiple identities? The book attempts to address these issues with clarity and conviction through sixteen articles covering areas of Biblical Studies, Theology & Philosophy, Religion & Culture, and Pastoral Theology & Psychology.
Christian Themes in Indian Art
Title | Christian Themes in Indian Art PDF eBook |
Author | Anand Amaladass |
Publisher | Manohar |
Pages | 428 |
Release | 2012 |
Genre | Christian art and symbolism |
ISBN | 9788173049453 |
This book is a pioneering work presenting Christian themes in Indian art from the beginnings of Christianity in India till today. The authors have, in the main, dealt with paintings and sculptures, but have supplemented this with one chapter on architecture, particularly that of church buildings, and one on popular art, including stamps. Over 1,100 rare coloured illustrations make this publication a unique reference book. It is the first complex treatment of the theme done in the last 25 years. Special emphasis is given to artists who as Hindus, Muslims and Parsees have chosen to paint Biblical themes. Already in the 16th century the encouraging and surprising encounter between European Christian prints and Indian miniature paintings took place. The Muslim Emperor Akbar invited three Jesuit missions from Goa to the Mogul court. Fascinated by European Madonnas and engravings, especially with Christian themes, he ordered his paintings to copy them in various ways. This was the start of a revolutionary fusion in Indian miniatures.
Christian Inculturation in India
Title | Christian Inculturation in India PDF eBook |
Author | Paul M. Collins |
Publisher | Routledge |
Pages | 261 |
Release | 2016-09-17 |
Genre | Religion |
ISBN | 1317166744 |
Drawing together international and Indian sources, and new research on the ground in South India, this book presents a unique examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. Paul M. Collins examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures - and then explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual, and the critique offered of these outcomes, especially by Dalit theologians. This book highlights how the Indian context has informed global discussions, and how the decisions of the World Council of Churches, Vatican II and Lambeth Conferences have impacted upon the Indian context.