Caste or Christ?: Qualitative Research on the Presence of Casteism in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia

This article offers empirical research using qualitative methodology to identify the presence of the caste system in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia. The findings are based on the interviews of ten participants aged 18 to 36 from at least four language groups: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, an...

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Published in:International review of mission
Main Author: Kumar, Santosh (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell 2023
In: International review of mission
Further subjects:B Seventh-day Adventist Church
B Hinduism
B Christianity
B caste system
B casteism
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Summary:This article offers empirical research using qualitative methodology to identify the presence of the caste system in the Seventh-day Adventist Church in South Asia. The findings are based on the interviews of ten participants aged 18 to 36 from at least four language groups: Tamil, Telugu, Hindi, and Malayalam. All the participants volunteered to participate in the study. Three among the ten did face-to-face interviews, and the remaining seven participants were interviewed online through the Zoom platform. The findings suggest a need to expose and eliminate the discrimination and shame caused by the caste system if the church is to remain faithful to Christ's teaching of equality among the human family.
ISSN:1758-6631
Contains:Enthalten in: International review of mission
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/irom.12454