Christians and Missionaries in India

This interesting volume challenges the long-held assumption thatChristianity in India is nothing but a colonial or Western imposition. Leading experts here chronicle the histories and cultures ofIndia's many Christian communities and show that local Indianleaders were the real agents of religious change in the subcontinent.These chapters range widely over various facets of Indiansociety and its religious developments. Of crucial importance isthe fact that in exploring their subjects the contributors take painsto avoid the Eurocentric nature of most studies of India and represent Christianity from a genuinely Indocentric perspective. Theresult is an entirely new vista from which to view the history, features, and influence of Indian Christianity.Contributors: Peter B. AndersenMichael BergunderMarineCarrinPenelope CarsonGunnel CederlofRobert Eric FrykenbergE. M. JacksonHeike LiebauIwona MilewskaGeoffrey A.OddieIndira Viswanathan PetersonAvril PowellPaula RichmanJayeeta SharmaHarald Tambs-LycheRichard Fox Young