Prayers of the Khrist Bhaktas of Banaras: Devotion at the Confluence of Rivers
In Varanasi, a hybrid devotional movement constituted by low-castes and Dalits has grown into the thousands, with prayers offered through the ministrations of Catholic priests and nuns. The geographical center of this movement is a Catholic ashram known as Mātṛ Dhām. In the prayers of the Khrist Bha...
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| Format: | Print Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Concilium
Year: 2024, Issue: 4, Pages: 122-130 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Varanasi
/ Hinduism
/ Jesus Christus
/ Prayer
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| IxTheo Classification: | AX Inter-religious relations BK Hinduism, Jainism, Sikhism KBM Asia NBF Christology |
| Further subjects: | B
Christian prayers & devotions
B Catholic priests |
| Summary: | In Varanasi, a hybrid devotional movement constituted by low-castes and Dalits has grown into the thousands, with prayers offered through the ministrations of Catholic priests and nuns. The geographical center of this movement is a Catholic ashram known as Mātṛ Dhām. In the prayers of the Khrist Bhaktas, or "devotees of Christ," we can hear a vocabulary born from the commingling of different streams: vernacular and devotional Hinduism, on the one hand, and Charismatic Catholicism, on the other. This essay examines some of these prayers from a popular song and prayer book while also attending to the people who offer them. |
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| ISSN: | 0010-5236 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Concilium
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