‘More than merry-making’: Tribal-Indigenous Baptists and their lifeworlds of festivities

This paper explores how knowledge, ‘beliefs’, and ‘ways of being’ are embedded in the praxes of festivals among upland Rongmei Baptists of Manipur, India. The method used is qualitative ethnographic, coupled with theological analysis. The paper begins with a survey of festivals (Ngai) in traditional...

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Main Author: Elias KC, Rathiulung (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor and Francis Group 2023
In: Practical theology
Year: 2023, Volume: 16, Issue: 2, Pages: 205-218
RelBib Classification:AG Religious life; material religion
BB Indigenous religions
CD Christianity and Culture
CH Christianity and Society
FD Contextual theology
KBM Asia
Further subjects:B Eco-theology
B majority world theologies
B decolonial theology
B Indigenous Peoples
B Indigenous Theology
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