Adoption of Caste by Christian and Jewish Communities in India: A Case of Cultural Integration or Religious Estrangement?

This essay investigates how caste, the most problematic cultural category of India, renders Indian versions of two Abrahamic religions, Judaism and Christianity, a site of ambivalence and conflict. It explores how caste has played out differently in the lives of two Abrahamic religious communities,...

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Main Author: Ponniah, James (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2023
In: International journal of Asian christianity
Year: 2023, Volume: 6, Issue: 2, Pages: 208-228
Further subjects:B spiritual and religious capitals
B Indian Jews
B Indian Christians
B Caste
B Culture
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