Prostestant origins in India: Tamil evangelical christians ,1706-1835/
Hudson, Dennis D.
Prostestant origins in India: Tamil evangelical christians ,1706-1835/ D. Dennis Hudson. - UK: Curzon Press, 2000. - xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Studies in the history of Christian missions. .
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 Pdlai, 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
0700712445
Protestant churches--Missions
Protestants
Protestant churches
India--Tamil Nadu
266.009548 / TAM/
Prostestant origins in India: Tamil evangelical christians ,1706-1835/ D. Dennis Hudson. - UK: Curzon Press, 2000. - xi, 220 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. - Studies in the history of Christian missions. .
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 Pdlai, 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
0700712445
Protestant churches--Missions
Protestants
Protestant churches
India--Tamil Nadu
266.009548 / TAM/