Description
Book SynopsisOffers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits (untouchables) in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, the author challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity.
Trade Review"A major contibution to the anthropology of Christianity but also to the wider anthropology of religion as well as gender, class, and postcolonialism." Anthropology Review Database
Table of ContentsList of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Terminological Notes
Introduction
1 • Outsiders
2 • Caste, Care, and the Human
3 • Sharing, Caring, and Supernatural Attack
4 • Religion, Conversion, and the National Frame
5 • The Logic of Slum Religion
6 • Pastoral Power and the Miracles of Christ
7 • Salvation, Knowledge, and Suffering
Conclusion
Appendix: Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion
of Religion Ordinance, 2002
Notes
References
Index
