Caste or Christ?: Qualitative Research on the Presence of Casteism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia
This article offers empirical research using qualitative methodology to identify the presence of the caste system in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia. The findings are based on the interviews of ten participants aged 18 to 36 from at least four language groups: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, an...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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2023
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International review of mission
Year: 2023, Volume: 112, Issue: 1, Pages: 90-109 |
| Further subjects: | B
Seventh-day Adventist Church
B Hinduism B Christianity B caste system B casteism |
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| Summary: | This article offers empirical research using qualitative methodology to identify the presence of the caste system in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia. The findings are based on the interviews of ten participants aged 18 to 36 from at least four language groups: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam. All the participants volunteered to participate in the study. Three among the ten did face-to-face interviews, and the remaining seven participants were interviewed online through the Zoom platform. The findings suggest a need to expose and eliminate the discrimination and shame caused by the caste system if the church is to remain faithful to Christ's teaching of equality among the human family. |
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| ISSN: | 1758-6631 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: International review of mission
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/irom.12454 |