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Ethnicity and Tribal Theology: Problems and Prospects for Peaceful Co-Existence in Northeast India

Ethnicity and Tribal Theology: Problems and Prospects for Peaceful Co-Existence in Northeast India

Basumatary, Songram
Bonney, Richard J.

Paperback

Series: Studies in the History of Religious and Political Pluralism, Book 9

Religion General Anthropology

ISBN10: 3034309821
ISBN13: 9783034309820
Publisher: Peter Lang Ltd, International Academic Publis
Published: Aug 21 2014
Pages: 374
Weight: 0.83
Height: 0.60 Width: 5.80 Depth: 8.70
Language: English
The Church and wider society in Northeast India have witnessed a number of shifts in ethnic identity and the resultant inter-ethnic conflicts since the 1980s are threatening the peaceful co-existence of various ethnic groups. Caught up in the throes of such ethnic turmoil, people of the region are confronted with two options. On the one hand, there is a need to safeguard their respective ethnic identities against the dominant hegemony; on the other, there is a need to promote a peaceful co-existence amongst diverse ethnic groups. These twin challenges, in their turn, confront the Northeast Indian tribal theologies by posing a series of questions with serious implications: how is one to maintain a balance between these two conflicting identities? What should the priority be: preserved ethnic identity or ethnic blending? In all this, what is the role of tribal theology? Notwithstanding the importance of safeguarding ethnic identity, this book focuses on the urgent necessity of promoting a peaceful co-existence among diverse ethnic groups by exploring their various tribal theologies and cultural standpoints and finding a common base.

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