Lectures On The Tinnevelly Missions Descriptive Of The Field The Work And The Results; With An Introductory Lecture On The Progress Of Christianity In India

Lectures on the Tinnevelly Missions, Descriptive of the Field, the Work, and the Results; with an Introductory Lecture on the Progress of Christianity in India

Colonialism and Communalism

Christhu Doss examines how the colonial construct of communalism through the fault lines of the supposed religious neutrality, the hunger for the bread of life, the establishment of exclusive village settlements for the proselytes, the rhetoric of Victorian morality, the booby-traps of modernity, and the subversion of Indian cultural heritage resulted in a radical reorientation of religious allegiance that eventually created a perpetual detachment between proselytes and the “others.” Exploring the trajectories of communalism, Doss demonstrates how the multicultural Indian society, known widely for its composite culture, and secular convictions were categorized, compartmentalized, and communalized by the racialized religious pretensions. A vital read for historians, political scientists, sociologists, anthropologists, and all those who are interested in religions, cultures, identity politics, and decolonization in modern India.

Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India