The Syrian Christians Of Kerala

Author : Molly Varghese
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 226 pages
File Size : 54,7 Mb
Release : 2016-10-19
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 153957086X

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The Nasranis - St Thomas Syrian Christians of Kerala,India by Molly Varghese Pdf

ABOUT THE BOOK"The Nasranis, The St. Thomas Christians of Kerala, India" is a compilation of the religious and cultural matters of a group of people who believe that St. Thomas, one of the Apostles of Jesus Christ, founded their Church in the first century A. D. itself. Even though physical proofs are circumstantial for a modern view, their belief is based on the legends and stories they were told from generation to generation from the first century of the Christian Era till now, which hopefully will continue forever.The book also touches the history of early civilization of India and the great philosophies which lead to the birth of many Indian religions, and how religions from outside the country were welcomed and let flourish. To enhance appreciation of the survival of this unique group, a brief account of early Christianity as well as Christian activities of the East and the West (European) also is given. All in all, the book is expected to enlighten the readers by the information and opinions given herein. Molly K. Varghese author

Author : Susan Visvanathan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 318 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 1993
Category : Religion
ISBN : IND:30000035580657

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The Christians of Kerala by Susan Visvanathan Pdf

This elegantly written book explores the practice of Christianity among the Yakoba in the small region of Kerala. Susan Viswanathan uses the categories of time, space, architecture, and the body as a means of identifying the ways in which Hindu, Christian, and Syrian strands have been woven together to form a rich cultural tapestry in the region. The Yakoba, on which this study is based, are divided into two distinct groups--the Orthodox Syrians and the Jacobite Syrians. Viswanathan relates their on-going quarrel over ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the ways in which this quarrel affects Syrian Christian life and experience as a whole. She argues that people's interpretations of Christianity are a very powerful mode of cultural expression and societal flexibility.

Author : Kunniparampil Curien Zachariah
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 332 pages
File Size : 42,5 Mb
Release : 2006
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : UOM:39015073611504

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The Syrian Christians of Kerala by Kunniparampil Curien Zachariah Pdf

During the twentieth century, the Syrian Christian population of Kerala underwent a process of transition in its demographic and socio-economic status. This book describes the demographic transition in terms of size, composition, geographical distribution, and growth rates of the Christian population in general and the Syrian Christian population in particular. It goes on to study the growth of the Christian population in Kerala in the context of the growth of the Christian population in India. The underlying demographic factors of transition--fertility, mortality, and migration--are analysed in detail. It describes the socio-economic transition of the Syrian Christians as seen in their education levels, employment status, and material possessions. The discussions are carried out in a comparative setting, where corresponding changes that have come about in other communities--Hindus, Muslims, and Latin Christians--are also examined. The book concludes by drawing attention to projected demographic trends and their likely impact on the community. It suggests the need for some introspection by the Syrian Christians to cope with the adverse fall-out of the emerging trends

Author : Kurien Verghese
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 45 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2017-11-05
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1973183668

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Syrian Christian Names from Kerala by Kurien Verghese Pdf

The Syrian Christians are a Christian community, from Kerala, in the south west corner of India. The Syrian Christians arrived in Kerala, around 52 AD, established local churches and conducted their worship liturgy in Syriac. They have a unique set of names, many derived from the Bible. This book will give you a brief synopsis of the meaning and origin of the last names of Syrian Christians.

Author : S. G. Pothan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 156 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 1963
Category : Kerala
ISBN : UOM:39015038687227

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The Syrian Christians of Kerala by S. G. Pothan Pdf

Author : Rev. K. V. Koshy
Publisher : Indian Society for Promoting Christian Knowledge
Page : 164 pages
File Size : 47,5 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Religion
ISBN : UOM:39015042959752

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St. Thomas and the Syrian Churches of India by Rev. K. V. Koshy Pdf

Author : Prathibha Thachet NP-C
Publisher : Xlibris Corporation
Page : 77 pages
File Size : 53,5 Mb
Release : 2019-04-27
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781796021363

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The Legacy of Southist Syrian Christians by Prathibha Thachet NP-C Pdf

The book, The Legacy of Southist Syrian Christians: Contributions of Knanaya Community to Kerala in a Historical Perspective, was written to educate the youth and the readers about the Knanaya Catholic community and what great contributions this minority community has made for the socioeconomic advancement of Kerala, a southern state in the Indian subcontinent. The book gives a short historical description of how the community migrated from the Middle East to Kerala in the fourth century and how the community thrived for seventeen centuries in India. The Southist Syrian Christians survived many attacks on their mere existence itself, yet the community successfully kept their identity and is still flourishing all over the world now.

Author : Edavalikel Philipos
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 56 pages
File Size : 45,5 Mb
Release : 2009-08
Category : Literary Collections
ISBN : 110492160X

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The Syrian Christians of Malabar by Edavalikel Philipos Pdf

This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work.

Author : Lathika George
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 52,5 Mb
Release : 2009
Category : Cookbooks
ISBN : 0781811848

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The Kerala Kitchen by Lathika George Pdf

This book evokes the beauty of a bygone era and the vibrant texture of community life through a hundred recipes, engaging recollections, and beautiful photographs. Long before the time of Christ, the lure of spices took traders and seafarers to Kerala, a prosperous and highly literate state on the tropical Malabar Coast of south-western India. Saint Thomas the Apostle also travelled this spice route, preaching to and converting several Brahmin families who later intermarried with the Syrians who settled in Kerala; the Syrian Christians or Nazaranis of Kerala were born of this confluence. Centuries later, ayurvedic massage resorts and scenic backwaters make this lush land a top tourist destination, and spices still draw both traveller and gourmand to the rich, abundant culinary tradition of this people. Meen Vevichathu (Fish Curry cooked in a clay pot), Erachi Olathiathu (Fried Meat), and Njandu Karri (Crab Curry) are among the book's savoury delights, along with varied rice preparations such as Puttu (Steamed Rice Cake), Paalappam (Lace-Rimmed Pancakes), and tropical desserts such as Karikku Pudding (Tender Coconut Pudding) and Thenga Paalum Nendrikkai (Baked Plantain with Coconut Cream). Interwoven between these recipes, in the best tradition of the cookbook memoir, are tales from the past and present, of talking doves, toddy shops, travelling chefs and killer coconuts.

Author : Mary Pallan
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 64 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-06
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 3668858748

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Ethnocultural Transformation of Social Identity. Syrian Christians in Kerala by Mary Pallan Pdf

Thesis (M.A.) from the year 2018 in the subject Cultural Studies - Middle Eastern Studies, grade: 2.1, Bournemouth University, language: English, abstract: This dissertation is a discursive analysis approach of the concept of transformation of social identity contribution into the study of caste, class and religion in South Asia. Understanding the class segregation, gender, upholding system of sovereignty in India. I argue that identity is transformational but even though the surface level artefacts (embodied clothing practices) vary in degree and deep ethics and beliefs will remain unaffected. Particularly focusing on the Syrian Christian community in Kerala. From examining the clothing practise of wearing a chatta in colonial India by the women in the Syrian Christian community, to how women of all race, religion and embraced churidar. This research aims to fill the gap in current scholarship, with respect to transformation of Syrian Christian social Identity and aims to fill it. This paper explores social identity with respect to Kerala's assumed exceptionalism, contending that such idea is a recent social construct and historically the state held rigorous caste based distinction. And with respect to the community's transformation, the paper analyses cultural changes within the Kerala society as well. Here by, considering that culture is not identified as static system, but dynamic and changes with the people in the system

Author : Corinne G. Dempsey
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 228 pages
File Size : 52,9 Mb
Release : 2001-01-25
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780198029915

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Kerala Christian Sainthood by Corinne G. Dempsey Pdf

Kerala Christian Sainthood is an ethnography-based study that celebrates the multi-vocal function of saints. Drawing on pilgrim anecdotes, shrine practices, official hagiographies, and regional lore, author Corinne Dempsey demonstrates how the business of saints routinely extends beyond their capacity as earthly conduits of miraculous power. Saintly characters described in this book, hailing from the religiously pluralistic south Indian state of Kerala, tend not only to the health and happiness of individual devotees but help craft and express the multiple identities and complex power relations of their devotional communities as well. Throughout the study, Dempsey highlights the traditions of Sr. Alphonsa of Bharananganam (1910-1946) and St. George the martyr, two figures who reflect the many preoccupations of Kerala sainthood. Sr. Alphonsa, native of Kerala and famous for her life of suffering and posthumous power, stands in line to be canonized by the Vatican. St. George, the caped dragon slayer imported to Kerala by Syrian merchants and later by Portuguese and British colonizers, is today partially debunked by Rome. These two figures, while differing dramatically in temperament, nationality, age of cult, and Vatican standing, boast a vast popular appeal in Kerala's Kottayam district. In examining Sr. Alphonsa and St. George, Dempsey shows how Kerala's saint traditions reflect devotees' hybrid identities in both colonial and postcolonial times. This ethnography of Christian sainthood within a Hindu cultural context, of "foreign" traditions adopted by native practice, and of female sanctity negotiated through patriarchal expectation is poised at a number of intersections. Dempsey provides not only a comparative study of cultures, religions, and worldviews, but also a unique grounding for contemporary ethnographic, post-colonial, and feminist concerns.

Author : Thomas Thayil
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 464 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2003
Category : Catholics
ISBN : UOM:39015061509942

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The Latin Christians of Kerala by Thomas Thayil Pdf

Author : Joseph K. Lazar
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 219 pages
File Size : 51,9 Mb
Release : 2012
Category : Kerala (India)
ISBN : 8188432172

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Syrian Christians and Nation Building by Joseph K. Lazar Pdf

Author : Chad M. Bauman,Michelle Voss Roberts
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 957 pages
File Size : 41,8 Mb
Release : 2020-12-30
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781000328882

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The Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations by Chad M. Bauman,Michelle Voss Roberts Pdf

The historical interplay of Hinduism as an ancient Indian religion and Christianity as a religion associated (in India, at least) with foreign power and colonialism, continues to animate Hindu–Christian relations today. On the one hand, The Routledge Handbook of Hindu–Christian Relations describes a rich history of amicable, productive, even sometimes syncretic Hindu–Christian encounters. On the other, this handbook equally attends to historical and contemporary moments of tension, conflict, and violence between Hindus and Christians. Comprising thirty-nine chapters by a team of international contributors, this handbook is divided into seven parts: Theoretical and methodological considerations Historical interactions Contemporary exchanges Sites of bodily and material interactions Significant figures Comparative theologies Responses The handbook explores: how the study of Hindu–Christian relations has been and ought to be done, the history of Hindu–Christian relations through key interactions, ethnographic reflections on current dynamics of Hindu–Christian exchange, important key thinkers, and topics in comparative theology, ultimately providing a framework for further debates in the area. The Routledge Handbook of Hindu-Christian Relations is essential reading for students and researchers in Hindu–Christian studies, Hindu traditions, Asian religions, and studies in Christianity. This handbook will also be very useful for those in related fields, such as anthropology, political science, theology, and history.

Author : Daniel McNaughton,Jon Wegner
Publisher : Morning Joy Media
Page : 143 pages
File Size : 42,9 Mb
Release : 2020-07-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781937107703

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Learning to Follow Jesus by Daniel McNaughton,Jon Wegner Pdf

LEARNING TO FOLLOW JESUS will help you develop seven essential attributes of a disciple of Jesus Christ. You will learn how to become a fully devoted follower of Jesus by reading the Scripture passages, answering the questions, applying the attributes to your life, and sharing your journey with a spiritual coach.