Between Hindu and Christian: Khrist Bhaktas, Catholics, and the Negotiation of Devotion in Banaras
Autor Kerry P. C. San Chiricoen Limba Engleză Hardback – 20 apr 2023
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Specificații
ISBN-13: 9780190067120
ISBN-10: 0190067128
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 236 x 164 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
ISBN-10: 0190067128
Pagini: 360
Dimensiuni: 236 x 164 x 30 mm
Greutate: 0.66 kg
Editura: Oxford University Press
Colecția OUP USA
Locul publicării:New York, United States
Recenzii
Kerry San Chirico manages no small feat in bringing the Khrist Bhakta movement, one that eludes ready-made labels, to clarity and life. Rooted in the heart of Hindu India, Catholic priests serve members who take Jesus as their chosen deity and yet largely remain unbaptized. Unraveling historical, social, and religious strands to elucidate the movement's vitality, San Chirico masterfully brings us close, as well, to the stirrings and lives of those who take part.
This is an elegantly written study of the Khrist Bhaktas, a devotional movement that exists in the indeterminate space between Hindu bhakti and Catholic charismatic practice, on the one hand, and between the institutional church and the Hindu nationalist state on the other. San Chirico's analysis of this anomalous movement opens a remarkable window on a grassroots process of indigenization and hints at the fate and possible future of Christianity in the north Indian 'Hindi belt'
San Chirico's work contributes mightily to our understanding of India's rich religious landscape, as well as how we approach it...it is a book that truly is (and this is rarely said of academic works) difficult to put down.
A strength of the book is the amount of personal interaction that frames the narrative, including extensive transcriptions of interviews with key interlocutors. Finding these people was a unique challenge, San Chirico writes; "Like the guru-disciple relationship, most never bent over backward to give me information, but when I had arrived at the right questions, I met with answers-which often led to meeting people".
This is an elegantly written study of the Khrist Bhaktas, a devotional movement that exists in the indeterminate space between Hindu bhakti and Catholic charismatic practice, on the one hand, and between the institutional church and the Hindu nationalist state on the other. San Chirico's analysis of this anomalous movement opens a remarkable window on a grassroots process of indigenization and hints at the fate and possible future of Christianity in the north Indian 'Hindi belt'
San Chirico's work contributes mightily to our understanding of India's rich religious landscape, as well as how we approach it...it is a book that truly is (and this is rarely said of academic works) difficult to put down.
A strength of the book is the amount of personal interaction that frames the narrative, including extensive transcriptions of interviews with key interlocutors. Finding these people was a unique challenge, San Chirico writes; "Like the guru-disciple relationship, most never bent over backward to give me information, but when I had arrived at the right questions, I met with answers-which often led to meeting people".
Notă biografică
Kerry P. C. San Chirico is Associate Professor of Theology and Religious Studies at Villanova University.