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.
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Church and social problems Christianity--Social aspects Northwestern India Church history