Table of Contents

Acknowledgements Contributors 1. Introduction 2. Bethlehem Kuravanci of Vedanayaka Sastri of Tanjore: The Cultural Discourses of an Early-Nineteenth Century tamil Christian Poem 3. Some Hindu perspectives on Christian Missionaries in the Indic World of the Mid Nineteenth Century 4. Modernist Muslim Responses to Christian Critiques of Islamic Culture, Civilization, and History in Northern India 5. Dalits and Christianity in Colonial Punjab: Cultural Interactions 6. Revival from a Native Point of View: Proselytization of the Indian Home Mission and the Kherwar Movement among the Santals 7. Entering into the Christain Dharma: Contemporary 'Tribal' Conversions in India 8. Theology and Authority, Constitution and Improvisation: The Colonial Chirch in India 9. The Dornakal Church on the Cultural Frontier 10. The 'Pure Tamil Movement' and Bible translation: The Ecumenical Thiruviviliam of 1995 Index

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