RT Book
T1 To be cared for: the power of conversion and foreignness of belonging in an Indian slum
T2 The anthropology of Christianity
JF The anthropology of Christianity
A1 Roberts, Nathaniel 1970-
LA English
PP Oakland, California
PB University of California Press
YR 2016
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/837548411
AB "To Be Cared For offers a unique window into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits ("untouchables") in the South Indian city of Chennai. The book focuses on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity. Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a "foreign" ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, Roberts argues, conversion to Christianity serves to integrate the slum community--Christians and Hindus alike--by addressing hidden moral fault lines in the slum that subtly pit women against one another. Christians and Hindus in the slum are not opposed; they are united in a struggle to survive in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own homes."--Provided by publisher
NO Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 265-277
CN BX8762.A45
SN 978-0-520-28882-9
SN 978-0-520-28881-2
K1 Pentecostal Churches : India : Chennai
K1 Pentecostalism : India : Chennai : History
K1 Dalit women : Religious life : India : Chennai
K1 Pentecostal women : Religious life : India : Chennai
K1 Slums : India : Chennai
K1 Christianity and other religions : Hinduism
K1 Hinduism : Relations : Christianity