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To Be Cared For

The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum

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An edition of To Be Cared For (2016)

To Be Cared For

The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum

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To Be Cared For offers a unique view into the conceptual and moral world of slum-bound Dalits (“untouchables”) in the South Indian city of Chennai. Focusing on the decision by many women to embrace locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts challenges dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity, as well as Indian nationalist narratives of Christianity as a “foreign” ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum community—Christians and Hindus alike—by addressing hidden moral fault lines that subtly pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land."

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University of California Press
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English
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312

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Subjects

Pentecostal churches Pentecostalism Women, religious life Women, india Slums Christianity and other religions, hinduism Hinduism, relations, christianity Pentecostal women Dalit women Relations Christianity Religious life Hinduism Christianity and other religions History

Places

Chennai Kashtappattinam Anbu Nagar

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2010-2020
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Table of Contents

List of Illustrations Acknowledgments
Terminological Notes
Introduction
1 • Outsiders
2 • Caste, Care, and the Human
3 • Sharing, Caring, and Supernatural Attack
4 • Religion, Conversion, and the National Frame
5 • The Logic of Slum Religion
6 • Pastoral Power and the Miracles of Christ
7 • Salvation, Knowledge, and Suffering
Conclusion
Appendix: Tamil Nadu Prohibition of Forcible Conversion of Religion Ordinance, 2002
Notes
References
Index

Edition Notes

Series
The Anthropology of Christianity

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Library of Congress
BX8762.A45I47 2016, BX8762.A45 I47 2016

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Format
Paperback
Number of pages
312

Edition Identifiers

Open Library
OL29298729M
ISBN 13
9780520288829
LCCN
2015039618
OCLC/WorldCat
925355563

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OL21582495W

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