Christians And Christianity In India And Pakistan

Author : P. Thomas
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,6 Mb
Release : 2020-12-17
Category : Philosophy
ISBN : 9781000228212

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Christians and Christianity in India and Pakistan by P. Thomas Pdf

Originally published in 1954, Christians and Christianity in India and Pakistan is an historical account of Christianity from the time of Apostle Thomas through to contemporary times. The book records the vicissitudes of the Church prior to the Reformation, the work of the early Protestant missions, and the results of British influence. It provides an overview of Christianity in contemporary India and Pakistan, and explores a range of topics including Indian traditions, the labours of Armenians and the missionaries of the West, the political and social position of Indian Christians, and Christian influences on Hinduism. Christians and Christianity in India and Pakistan will appeal to those with an interest in the history of Christianity.

Author : Paul Thomas
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 1945
Category : Electronic
ISBN : OCLC:1017326989

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Christians and Christianity in India and Pakistan by Paul Thomas Pdf

Author : A. D. Asimi
Publisher : Word Alive Press
Page : 128 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2024-07-02
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781770691148

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The Christian Minority in Pakistan by A. D. Asimi Pdf

Created by foreign Missions during the British Raj, the small Christian community in the Pakistan area has existed for nearly one hundred and fifty years. Due to its low socio-economic and elemental religious background, it has always suffered from an image problem. Under the British Raj, the security and well-being of this community was assured to a very large degree. But with the establishment of Pakistan-a constitutionally Islamic state and society-the circumstances of this small minority have drastically changed. Less than two percent of the population, this minority is being constantly challenged on socio-economic and religious grounds. The Islamic elements in the land are ill-disposed toward it and, every now and then, resort to lawlessness towards members of this small minority. The author of this book has attempted to sharpen awareness of the problems of the Christian minority in Pakistan, and has proposed some steps that might alleviate these problems to a certain degree, including the development and practice of an Islam-reconciled Christianity. The thrust of his argument is that, when one is decidedly weak, and must remain so for the foreseeable future, it is best to acknowledge it and behave accordingly. One cannot safely dwell in the water while being on the wrong side of the crocodile.

Author : Linda Walbridge
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 281 pages
File Size : 48,7 Mb
Release : 2012-10-12
Category : History
ISBN : 9781136131783

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The Christians of Pakistan by Linda Walbridge Pdf

In May 1998, John Joseph, the first native Pakistani Catholic bishop, shot himself in front of the courthouse where a Christian had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. This book tells the story of the Christians in Pakistan, with Bishop Joseph as its centrepiece. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, but who now find themselves victims of a struggle to define Islam in Pakistan. The majority of Pakistani Christians are descendants of untouchables converted to Christianity in the late 19th century. In Pakistan a minority religion is linked with low status, perpetuating the Indian Hindu caste system even though the Muslim majority has disassociated itself from all things Hindu and Indian. The book also deals with enculturation in the Pakistani church, the rise of native clergy, conflicts between the local church and Rome, the rise of 'fundamentalist' Islam and the position of women in society and church.

Author : John O'Brien
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 744 pages
File Size : 47,9 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015069296435

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The Construction of Pakistani Christian Identity by John O'Brien Pdf

Author : Chandra Mallampalli
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 369 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2023
Category : History
ISBN : 9780190608903

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South Asia's Christians by Chandra Mallampalli Pdf

South Asia is home to more than a billion Hindus and half a billion Muslims. But the region is also home to substantial Christian communities, some dating almost to the earliest days of the faith. The stories of South Asia's Christians are vital for understanding the shifting contours of World Christianity, precisely because of their history of interaction with members of these other religious traditions. In this broad, accessible overview of South Asian Christianity, Chandra Mallampalli shows how the faith has been shaped by Christians' location between Hindus and Muslims. Mallampalli begins with a discussion of South India's ancient Thomas Christian tradition, which interacted with West Asia's Persian Christians and thrived for centuries alongside their Hindu and Muslim neighbours. He then underscores efforts of Roman Catholic and Protestant missionaries to understand South Asian societies for purposes of conversion. The publication of books and tracts about other religions, interreligious debates, and aggressive preaching were central to these endeavours, but rarely succeeded at yielding converts. Instead, they played an important role in producing a climate of religious competition, which ultimately marginalized Christians in Hindu-, Muslim-, and Buddhist-majority countries of post-colonial South Asia. Ironically, the greatest response to Christianity came from poor and oppressed Dalit (formerly untouchable) and tribal communities who were largely indifferent to missionary rhetoric. Their mass conversions, poetry, theology, and embrace of Pentecostalism are essential for understanding South Asian Christianity and its place within World Christianity today.

Author : Lincoln Watts
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2013-03
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1258627078

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The Strength of the Christian Churches in the Districts of India and Pakistan by Lincoln Watts Pdf

Author : Pauline A. Brown
Publisher : Doorlight Publications
Page : 328 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780977837205

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Jars of Clay by Pauline A. Brown Pdf

Out of the generation that grew up in the Great Depression and World War II, thousands of young Christians felt called by God to the ends of the earth. Pauline A. Brown, with her husband Ralph, and two other families, went to the Sindh Province in southern Pakistan in 1954 -- their goal, to share God's message love with Muslim Sindhis. This book is not just about North Americans abroad, but about a fellowship of ordinary people crossing cultural and linguistic barriers to take on the extraordinary challenge of establishing the Church in the Sindh desert. Jars of Clay is a story of laughter and tears, of danger and deliverance, of despair and hope, of victory and defeat. Above all, it is a story of perseverance in the face of great odds. The story of how the Church of Jesus Christ, small and fragile as it is, is taking root in the barren desert soil of Sindh in Pakistan, an Islamic Republic, is relevant more than ever in our post 9/11 world.

Author : Seppo Syrjänen
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 256 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1984
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015021932440

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In Search of Meaning and Identity by Seppo Syrjänen Pdf

Author : Robert Eric Frykenberg
Publisher : OUP Oxford
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 40,9 Mb
Release : 2008-06-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780191544194

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Christianity in India by Robert Eric Frykenberg Pdf

Robert Frykenberg's insightful study explores and enhances historical understandings of Christian communities, cultures, and institutions within the Indian world from their beginnings down to the present. As one out of several manifestations of a newly emerging World Christianity, in which Christians of a Post-Christian West are a minority, it has focused upon those trans-cultural interactions within Hindu and Muslim environments which have made Christians in this part of the world distinctive. It seeks to uncover various complexities in the proliferation of Christianity in its many forms and to examine processes by which Christian elements intermingled with indigenous cultures and which resulted in multiple identities, and also left imprints upon various cultures of India. Thomas Christians believe that the Apostle Thomas came to India in 52 A.D./C.E., and that he left seven congregations to carry on the Mission of bringing the Gospel to India. In our day the impulse of this Mission is more alive than ever. Catholics, in three hierarchies, have become most numerous; and various Evangelicals/Protestant communities constitute the third great tradition. With the rise of Pentecostalism, a fourth great wave of Christian expansion in India has occurred. Starting with movements that began a century ago, there are now ten to fifteen times more missionaries than ever before, virtually all of them Indian. Needless to say, Christianity in India is profoundly Indian and Frykenberg provides a fascinating guide to its unique history and practice.

Author : Daniel Philpott,Timothy Samuel Shah
Publisher : Law and Christianity
Page : 537 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2018-03-15
Category : Law
ISBN : 9781108425308

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Under Caesar's Sword by Daniel Philpott,Timothy Samuel Shah Pdf

The first systematic global study of how Christians respond to persecution, presenting new research by leading scholars of global Christianity.

Author : Abraham Vazhayil Thomas
Publisher : Fairleigh Dickinson Univ Press
Page : 260 pages
File Size : 51,5 Mb
Release : 1974
Category : Religion
ISBN : 0838610218

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Christians in Secular India by Abraham Vazhayil Thomas Pdf

Seeks to explore the role of the Christian community in the Indian secular state. Although the Indian Christian community forms only 2.4 percent of the population, it has played an important part in the social, educational, political, and religious spheres of the recent life of India.

Author : Anita Maryam Mansingh
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 108 pages
File Size : 41,9 Mb
Release : 2021-07-30
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781666707366

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Exploring Indigenous Spirituality: The Kutchi Kohli Christians of Pakistan by Anita Maryam Mansingh Pdf

Anita’s book is a deep and enlightening study of the spiritual experience of the Kutchi Kohli Christians of Pakistan. Producing a complex, versatile, and appealing conceptual framework for studying their inner experiences, Anita provides conceptual tools for understanding the spiritual journey and relation with the divine of indigenous people in the south of Pakistan. Relying on their own narratives, this book gives voice to the Kutchi Kohlis of Pakistan, allowing the readers to enter into their own symbolic and conceptual way to understand reality. In addition, exploring their spiritual experience, Anita shows us the creative way in which Kutchi Kohli Christians have adapted and recreated their own identity in relation to Hinduism and Islam. With most of the academia focusing on the study of indigenous people in India, this book offers a breakthrough into unexplored areas for understanding indigenous peoples and Christianity in South Asia.

Author : Dyron B. Daughrity,Jesudas M. Athyal
Publisher : Fortress Press
Page : 357 pages
File Size : 54,6 Mb
Release : 2016-08-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781506416892

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Understanding World Christianity by Dyron B. Daughrity,Jesudas M. Athyal Pdf

Each volume of the Understanding World Christianity series analyzes the state of Christianity from six different angles. The focus is always Christianity, but it is approached in an interdisciplinary manner—chronological, denominational, sociopolitical, geographical, biographical, and theological. Short, engaging chapters help readers understand the complexity of Christianity in the region and broaden their understanding of the region itself. Readers will understand the interplay of Christianity and culture, and will see how geography, borders, economics, and other factors influence Christian faith. In this exciting volume, Dyron B. Daughrity and Jesudas M. Athyal offer an introduction to Indian Christianity that has been desperately needed by scholars, students, and interested readers alike. Rich in experience and knowledge, Daughrity and Athyal introduce readers to the vibrancy of Indian Christianity like no other authors have done before.

Author : Michael Wakely
Publisher : Malcolm Down Publishing
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 55,6 Mb
Release : 2024-02-02
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1915046823

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The Amazing Story of Pakistans Christians by Michael Wakely Pdf

Dive into Pakistan's Christian heritage through Wakely's meticulous journey, navigating from the advent of Christianity to pivotal historical moments like India's partition. Unveiling cultural contributions and honoring legacies, this scholarly yet heartfelt work celebrates the resilient community's role in shaping Pakistan's diverse tapestry.