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1 online resource |
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Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy ; 23 |
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Routledge studies in Asian religion and philosophy ; 23.
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| Contents |
Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Acknowledgements; 1 Introduction: the anti-colonial turn; Colonialism is Christian: where the East and the West meet; The Thomas Christians: a response; Were they colonized?; Overview and arguments; Methodology and significance of the project; 2 Prester John of India: imagination first, (con)quest next; Imagining a non-Christian India; Prester John of India and the discourse of sameness; Prester John: a Nestorian heretic?; "Which India?" and the discourse of difference; The archdeacon of All India |
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3 The narratives of Gama and Joseph: unsettling the global early modern periodPainting empire at the turn of the fifteenth century; Fear of "the Moor"; Gama and the Indian Christian connection; Three readings of Gama; "The narratives of Joseph the Indian": a proto-national account; Joseph, the Indian; Joseph, the agent; On exposing colonial aspirations; "Not my cup of tea"; 4 The Jornada: why a European travelogue labelled anti-colonial Christians as heretics; The other Christian; Nestorianizing the Thomas Christians; De-Nestorianizing; "Let them dress Portuguese." |
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Interpreting the sacrament of confirmation as colonial capitulationStrategizing at the feet of the other; A slap in the face; Sacrament or strategy; Brother-in-arms: expediency versus Christianity; Amok: a colonial and postcolonial discourse; The Jornada on the amok: Christianizing or colonizing; 5 Conclusion and beyond; The beyond; Conclusion; Index |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 11, 2019) |
| Subject |
Saint Thomas Christians -- History
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Postcolonialism -- India
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Christianity -- India
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RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
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Christianity
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Postcolonialism
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Saint Thomas Christians
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India
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| Genre/Form |
History
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9781351123846 |
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135112384X |
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9781351123860 |
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1351123866 |
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