Comparative study of religious traditions of the Saora tribe of Orissa

Panangatu, Thampi Th.:
Comparative study of religious traditions of the Saora tribe of Orissa and the influence of Christian traditions / Thampi Th. Panangatu. - Marburg : Tectum, 2009. - ca. 341 S.
Hochschulschrift. Zugl.: Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität Frankfurt, Diss., 2008
ISBN 978-3-8288-2102-6
EUR 29,80
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Beschreibung
Social changes are a gradual process, the result of constant effort and support. They cannot be compared to chemical reactions or sudden occurrences. Changes in societies have occurred only when those were ready for change in attitudes and thinking patterns. Christian missionary activities have contributed greatly to the process of awakening system changes, through which many of the socio-religious traditions of the subaltern population in India are reinterpreted in view of better living standards.
   Religious conversions to Christianity are a burning issue in the socio-political scenario of modern India. What makes the subaltern communities to embrace Christianity? Should the church continue her mission of making God and the gospel of Jesus Christ known to the people of India? Taking into account such facts this study is an analysis of the Christian missionary activities in India specifically among the Saora tribe of Orissa. It is an attempt to explore the positive and negative areas of Christian influence for socio-religious changes in the course of modernisation within this tribe in the model of ‘Comprehensive theory of traditions’. [Verlagsinformation]

Inhalt
Foreword. 5
Introduction. 13
1. Traditions - Importance of traditions and the complex theory of traditions. 25
2. Socio-religious traditions of the Saora tribe of Orissa. 45
3. Christianity in India, and evangelization in Orissa, and among Saoras. 81
4. Missionary methods. 119
5. A critical evaluation of Christian influence on socio-religious changes in contemporary Saora society. 151
6. Christian mission and the importance of the comprehensive method of cultural integration in India and among the Saoras. 217
Conclusion. 255
Glossary. 259
Bibliography. 261
Statistics and Charts. 267
Appendix. 315

Autor
THAMPI PANANGATU THOMAS, Pfarrer in Winnenden.

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