Christians and Public Life in Colonial South India, 1863-1937: Contending with Marginality

Book Cover......Page 1
Title......Page 4
Contents......Page 5
Preface......Page 11
List of abbreviations......Page 12
Introduction......Page 16
Legal Constructions of Religious Identity......Page 34
Rights of Converts within British and Princely India, 1870  1895......Page 36
Inheritance Law and the ~Native Christian~ Community, 1863  1917......Page 53
Marital Law and Constructions of Hindu and Christian Identity, 1870  1920......Page 74
Conceiving a Political Community......Page 100
The Spiritual v. the Political: Global Religion and Indian Politics, 1917  1933......Page 102
The Protestant Disavowal of Christian Communalism, 1910  1933......Page 123
The Indigenization of Catholic Action, 1921  1937......Page 148
Caste and Communal Identity......Page 172
Religion, Caste and Political Rhetoric, 1925  1937......Page 174
At the Margins of Marginality: Dalit Christians, 1917  1937......Page 185
Conclusion......Page 210
Notes......Page 218
Bibliography......Page 292
Index......Page 311