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In this fieldwork-based study, Corinne Dempsey examines Christianity in Kerala, which is home to India's ancient and thriving Christian community. Dempsey views their saint traditions as reflecting devotees' "hybrid" (Western and Eastern) identities in colonial and postcolonial times. She uses Kerala Christian devotional practices as points of comparison with European Catholicism and the indigenous Hinduism of the region.
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"....Is a fascinating study of the beliefs and practices surrounding sainthood among Syrian Christians."--The Journal of Religion
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In this fieldwork-based study, Corinne Dempsey examines Christianity in Kerala, which is home to India's ancient and thriving Christian community. Dempsey views their saint traditions as reflecting devotees' "hybrid" (Western and Eastern) identities in colonial and postcolonial times. She uses Kerala Christian devotional practices as points of comparison with European Catholicism and the indigenous Hinduism of the region.
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Soon after I arrived to Kerala, during a period when I was making frequent visits to Alphosa's shrine in Bharananganam, a few of the Clarist nuns decided that I should take a trip up into the nearby mountain range to meet a gentleman they thought would be of great help to me in my research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sacred siblings, dreamed resolutions, sibling tales, sacred ambivalence, sibling stories, vice postulator, colonial hybridity, female asceticism, saint devotion, saint traditions, local devotion, female sanctity, saint cults, hagiographical accounts, miraculous statue, sibling ties, symbolic embodiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kerala Christian, Orthodox Syrian, Mariam Thresia, Syrian Catholic, Syrian Christians, Thérèse of Lisieux, United States, William Christian, Clarist Sisters, Malayali Christians, Kerala Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Servant of God, Latin Catholic, Mar Thomite, New York, Our Lord, Susan Bayly, The Passion Flower, Blessed Alphonsa, Catholic Christian, Michael Panachicken, Narayana Rao, Thomas Christians, Vatican Congregation New!
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Soon after I arrived to Kerala, during a period when I was making frequent visits to Alphosa's shrine in Bharananganam, a few of the Clarist nuns decided that I should take a trip up into the nearby mountain range to meet a gentleman they thought would be of great help to me in my research. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
sacred siblings, dreamed resolutions, sibling tales, sacred ambivalence, sibling stories, vice postulator, colonial hybridity, female asceticism, saint devotion, saint traditions, local devotion, female sanctity, saint cults, hagiographical accounts, miraculous statue, sibling ties, symbolic embodiment Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Kerala Christian, Orthodox Syrian, Mariam Thresia, Syrian Catholic, Syrian Christians, Thérèse of Lisieux, United States, William Christian, Clarist Sisters, Malayali Christians, Kerala Catholic, Roman Catholicism, Servant of God, Latin Catholic, Mar Thomite, New York, Our Lord, Susan Bayly, The Passion Flower, Blessed Alphonsa, Catholic Christian, Michael Panachicken, Narayana Rao, Thomas Christians, Vatican Congregation New!
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- Religious Orthodoxy and Popular Faith in European Society by Ellen Badone on 4 pages
- Images of Sainthood in Medieval Europe (Cornell Paperbacks) by Renate Blumenfeld-Kosinski in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Sainthood: Its Manifestations in World Religions by Richard Kieckhefer in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Culture and Imperialism by Edward W. Said on page 20, page 84, and Back Matter
- Faith and Reason (Fides et Ratio) by Pope John Paul II in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
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- Was Hinduism Invented?: Britons, Indians, and the Colonial Construction of Religion by Brian K. Pennington in Back Matter (1), and Back Matter (2)
- Demons and the Making of the Monk: Spiritual Combat in Early Christianity by David Brakke in Back Matter
- Religions South Asia by Sushil Mittal in Back Matter
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