Protestant Origins in India: Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Preface
1. Beginnings
	Protestant Predecessors
2. Spreading the Word
	Language and Velalans
	Insight into \'Heathen Darkness\'
	Mutual Perceptions
	First Baptisms
	Spread of the Mission by Europeans
3. Pietism in Malabarian Lives
	Aaron: The First Ordained Malabarian Pastor
	Lutheran Pietism
	Rajanayakan: The Catechist
	Religious Discussions
	Exposition through Liturgy
4. \'Mahometans\' or \'Moors\'
	The \'Mahometans\' or \'Moors\'
5. \'Pagans\'
	Dandapani Swami\'s \'Scripture of Truth\'
	The \'Civilized\' and the \'Alien\' in Ancient Tamil Literature
	Three Types of \'Sudras\' Dwelling in the Ūr
	Velalans as \'Sudras\' Dwelling in the Ūr
	\'Pariahs\' as \'Aliens\' in the Cēri and the Wild
6. \'Pagan\' Thought in Tranquebar and Tanjore
	Evangelical Rites in a \'Pagan\' Context
7. Patterns in Development
	Roman Catholic Predecessors
	Evangelical Soldiers
	Expansion to the South
	A Velalan Protestant Culture
8. Vedanayagam Pillai, the Sastri (1774-1864)
	The Father
	The Son
	Early Poems
	Vedanayagam Becomes Sastri
	Sastri and His Family
	The Years of Dissension in the Tanjore Congregation
	Evangelical Sastri and Saiva King
9. \'New Missionaries\' and the Tanjore Congregation
	Bible Translation
	Four \'Cruelties\'
	Liturgical Practices
	Observance of Caste Distinctions
	The \'Foolishness of Amending Caste\'
10. Final Thoughts
	A Theology of Pluralism
	The Intellectual Impact of Colonizing Europe
Glossary
Bibliography
Index