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Community and Worldview Among Paraiyars of South India

Community and Worldview Among Paraiyars of South India

Jeremiah, Anderson H. M.

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Series: Bloomsbury Advances in Religious Studies

General Christianity

ISBN10: 1472576101
ISBN13: 9781472576101
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Published: Jun 19 2014
Pages: 208
Weight: 0.70
Height: 0.47 Width: 6.14 Depth: 9.21
Language: English

This volume presents a detailed ethnographic study of rural Paraiyar communities in South India, focusing on their religions and cultural identity. Formerly known as Dalits, or Untouchables, these are a largely socially marginalised group living within a dynamic and complex social matrix dominated by the caste system and its social and religious implications in India.

Through examining Paraiyar Christian communities, the author provides a comprehensive understanding of Paraiyar religious worldviews within the dominant Hindu religious worldview. In contrast to existing research, this volume places the Paraiyars within their wider social context, ascribed and achieved identity, religious symbolism and ritual and negotiation of social boundaries.

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