This ethnographic study of Dalit Lutherans in South India examines how the lived religion of Dalit Christians contests the structures of caste domination in rural Andhra, and shows how new religious ideas, patterns, terrains, rituals, and practices impact the politics of the region.
This ethnographic study of Dalit Lutherans in South India examines how the lived religion of Dalit Christians contests the structures of caste domination in rural Andhra, and shows how new religious ideas, patterns, terrains, rituals, and practices impact the politics of the region.
Ashok Kumar Mocherla is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India. His academic interests include sociology of religion, caste, faith healing, and missionary medicine.
Inhaltsangabe
Introduction 1. Social History of Christianity and Lutheranism in Andhra 2. Changing Gods: Caste-Class Consciousness and Critical Events of Protest 3. Dalit Christians: Rituals, Religious Celebrations, and Community Politics 4. Identity, Ideology and Dalit Christian Politics 5. Interlocking Caste with Congregation: A Political Necessity for Dalit Christians in Andhra? Conclusion
Introduction 1. Social History of Christianity and Lutheranism in Andhra 2. Changing Gods: Caste-Class Consciousness and Critical Events of Protest 3. Dalit Christians: Rituals, Religious Celebrations, and Community Politics 4. Identity, Ideology and Dalit Christian Politics 5. Interlocking Caste with Congregation: A Political Necessity for Dalit Christians in Andhra? Conclusion
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