Christians in South Indian Villages, 1959-2009: Decline and Revival in Telangana (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780802871633)

A discerning study of a slice of modern Indian Christianity and Christian-Hindu encounter

This book revisits South Indian Christian communities that were studied in 1959 and written about in Village Christians and Hindu Culture (1968). In 1959 the future of these village congregations was uncertain. Would they grow through conversions or slowly dissolve into the larger Hindu society around them?

John Carman and Chilkuri Vasantha Rao's carefully gathered research fifty years later reveals both the decline of many older congregations and the surprising emergence of new Pentecostal and Baptist churches that emphasize the healing power of Christ. Significantly, the new congregations largely cut across caste lines, including both high castes and outcastes (Dalits).

Carman and Vasantha Rao pay particular attention to the social, political, and religious environment of these Indian village Christians, including their adaptation of indigenous Hindu practices into their Christian faith and observances.

Author: John B. Carman,Chilkuri Vasantha Rao
ISBN-10: 0802871631
ISBN-13: 9780802871633
Publisher: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company
Language: English
Published: 12/03/2014
Pages: 266
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.88lbs
Size: 9.10h x 6.20w x 0.80d

Review Citation(s):
Chronicle of Higher Education 02/06/2015 pg. 19