RT Article
T1 Prayers of the Khrist Bhaktas of Banaras: Devotion at the Confluence of Rivers
JF Concilium
IS 4
SP 122
OP 130
A1 San Chirico, Kerry P. C.
LA English
YR 2024
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1905064608
AB 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.
K1 Catholic priests
K1 Christian prayers & devotions