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Auteur(s) : Peter-Dass, Rakesh
Titre(s) : Hindi Christian literature in contemporary India [Texte imprimé] / Rakesh Peter-Dass
Publication : Abingdon ; New York (N.Y.) : Routledge, 2020
Description matérielle : 1 vol. (xi-224 p.) ; 24 cm
Collection : Routledge studies in religion
Lien à la collection : Routledge studies in religion
Note(s) : Bibliogr. en fin de chapitres. Index
"This is the first academic study of Christian literature in Hindi and its role in
the politics of language and religion in contemporary India. In public portrayals,
Hindi has been the language of Hindus and Urdu the language of Muslims, but Christians
have usually been associated with the English of the foreign 'West'. However, this
book shows how Christian writers in India have adopted Hindi in order to promote a
form of Christianity that can be seen as Indian, desī, and rooted in the religio-linguistic
world of the Hindi belt. Using different studies, the book demonstrates how Hindi
Christian writing strategically presents Christianity as linguistically Hindi, culturally
Indian, and theologically informed by other faiths. These works are written to sway
public perceptions by promoting particular forms of citizenship in the context of
fostering the use of Hindi. Examining the content and context of Christian attention
to Hindi, it is shown to have been deployed as a political and cultural tool by Christians
in India. This book gives an important insight into the link between language and
religion in India. As such, it will be of great interest to scholars of Religion in
India, World Christianity"Religion, Politics, and Language, Interreligious Dialogue,
as well as Religious Studies and South Asian Studies"
Sujet(s) : Littérature chrétienne -- Auteurs d'origine indienne (de l'Inde)
Littérature religieuse hindi -- Christianisme
Langage -- Religion -- Inde
Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780367322236 (rel.). - ISBN 0367322234. - ISBN 9780367330637 (erroné). - ISBN
9781000702248 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000701784 (erroné). - ISBN 9781000702019 (erroné)
Identifiant de la notice : ark:/12148/cb45809537f
Notice n° :
FRBNF45809537
(notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)
Table des matières : Politics of religion ; The making of a genre ; Linguistic choices ; Shaping identity
; Christians in India ; Message matters.
