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Webster, John C.B

A social history of Christianity: North-West India since 1800/ John C.B. Webster - New Delhi: Oxford University Press, 2008. - xiv, 410 p. ; 22 cm.

I. Introduction :
1. The Study of Christianity in North-west India --
2. The Present Study --
3. The Nature and Use of the Missionary Archive --
II. The Beginnings : 1800-57 : 1. North-west India --
2. The Coming of Christianity --
Conclusions --
III. The High Imperial Era : 1858-80 : 1. The Imperial Ethos --
2. Education --
3. The Religious Challenge --
4. The Christian Community --
Conclusions --
IV. The North-west in Ferment : 1881-1918 : 1. The Changing Context --
2. The Urban Elites --
3. Urban Women --
4. The Rural Dalits --
5. The Christian Community --
Conclusions --
V. Towards Independence and Partition : 1919-47 : 1. The Christian Community --
2. Christians and Political Movements --
3. Nationalism and 'Missionary Raj' --
Conclusions --
VI. Christianity in North-west India since Independence: 1. Partition and its Aftermath --
2. The Reorganization and Proliferation of Churches --
3. The Institutional Complex --
4. The Christian Community --
Conclusions --
VII. The North-west in the History of Christianity in India.

ISBN: 9780195690453

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Church and social problems
Christianity--Social aspects
Northwestern India
Church history

Dewey Class. No.: 261.8 / WEB/A