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Dalit Christians in South India: Caste, Ideology and Lived Religion

Ashok Kumar Mocherla

This ethnographic study of Dalit Lutherans in South India examines how the lived religion of Dalit Christians contests the structures of caste domination in rural Andhra, and shows how new religious ideas, patterns, terrains, rituals, and practices impact the politics of the region.

Book Details

  • Publisher: Routledge India
  • Publish Date: Sep 25th, 2023
  • Pages: 140
  • Language: English
  • Edition: undefined - undefined
  • Dimensions: 9.21in - 6.14in - 0.33in - 0.50lb
  • EAN: 9780367630072
  • Categories: Political Process - GeneralSociology - GeneralPolitical Ideologies - General

About the Author

Ashok Kumar Mocherla is Assistant Professor of Sociology in the School of Humanities and Social Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Indore, India. His academic interests include sociology of religion, caste, faith healing, and missionary medicine.