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Protestant origins in India : Tamil Evangelical Christians, 1706-1835 / D. Dennis Hudson.

By: Material type: TextTextSeries: Studies in the history of Christian missionsPublication details: Grand Rapids, Mich : William B. Eerdmans Pub. ; Richmond, Surrey, U.K. : Curzon Press, 2000.Description: xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 24 cmISBN:
  • 0802847218
  • 9780802847218
  • 0700712445
  • 9780700712441
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 266/.00954/8 21
  • 280.4095482 21
LOC classification:
  • BV3255.T3 H83 2000
Other classification:
  • 11.55
  • 15.75
  • BW 62800
Contents:
1. Beginnings -- Protestant Predecessors -- 2. Spreading the Word -- Language and Velalans -- Insight into 'Heathen Darkness' -- Mutual Perceptions -- First Baptisms -- Spread of the Mission by Europeans -- 3. Pietism in Malabarian Lives -- Aaron: The First Ordained Malabarian Pastor -- Lutheran Pietism -- Rajanayakan: The Catechist -- Religious Discussions -- Exposition through Liturgy -- 4. 'Mahometans' or 'Moors' -- The 'Mahometans' or Moors' -- 5. 'Pagans' -- Dandapani Swami's 'Scripture of Truth' -- The 'Civilized' and the 'Alien' in Ancient Tamil Literature -- Three Types of 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- Velalans as 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- 'Pariahs' as 'Aliens' in the Ceri and the Wild -- 6. 'Pagan' Thought in Tranquebar and Tanjore -- Evangelical Rites in a 'Pagan' Context -- 7. Patterns in Development -- Roman Catholic Predecessors -- Evangelical Soldiers -- Expansion to the South -- A Velalan Protestant Culture -- 8. Vedanayagam Pillai, the Sastri (1774-1864) -- The Father -- The Son -- Early Poems -- Vedanayagam Becomes Sastri -- Sastri and His Family -- The Years of Dissension in the Tanjore Congregation -- Evangelical Sastri and Saiva King -- 9. 'New Missionaries' and the Tanjore Congregation -- Bible Translation -- Four 'Cruelties' -- Liturgical Practices -- Observance of Caste Distinctions -- The 'Foolishness of Amending Caste' -- 10. Final Thoughts -- A Theology of Pluralism -- The Intellectual Impact of Colonizing Europe.
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Book: Standard Hewitson Library, Presbyterian Research Centre England Collection BV3255.T3 H83 2000 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 17-812

Includes bibliographical references (pages 198-208) and index.

1. Beginnings -- Protestant Predecessors -- 2. Spreading the Word -- Language and Velalans -- Insight into 'Heathen Darkness' -- Mutual Perceptions -- First Baptisms -- Spread of the Mission by Europeans -- 3. Pietism in Malabarian Lives -- Aaron: The First Ordained Malabarian Pastor -- Lutheran Pietism -- Rajanayakan: The Catechist -- Religious Discussions -- Exposition through Liturgy -- 4. 'Mahometans' or 'Moors' -- The 'Mahometans' or Moors' -- 5. 'Pagans' -- Dandapani Swami's 'Scripture of Truth' -- The 'Civilized' and the 'Alien' in Ancient Tamil Literature -- Three Types of 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- Velalans as 'Sudras' Dwelling in the Ur -- 'Pariahs' as 'Aliens' in the Ceri and the Wild -- 6. 'Pagan' Thought in Tranquebar and Tanjore -- Evangelical Rites in a 'Pagan' Context -- 7. Patterns in Development -- Roman Catholic Predecessors -- Evangelical Soldiers -- Expansion to the South -- A Velalan Protestant Culture -- 8. Vedanayagam Pillai, the Sastri (1774-1864) -- The Father -- The Son -- Early Poems -- Vedanayagam Becomes Sastri -- Sastri and His Family -- The Years of Dissension in the Tanjore Congregation -- Evangelical Sastri and Saiva King -- 9. 'New Missionaries' and the Tanjore Congregation -- Bible Translation -- Four 'Cruelties' -- Liturgical Practices -- Observance of Caste Distinctions -- The 'Foolishness of Amending Caste' -- 10. Final Thoughts -- A Theology of Pluralism -- The Intellectual Impact of Colonizing Europe.

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