Christian Inculturation in India

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Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2007 - 234 sidor
Drawing together international and Indian sources, and new research on the ground in South India, this book presents a unique examination of the inculturation of Christian Worship in India. Paul Collins examines the imperatives underlying the processes of inculturation - the dynamic relationship between the Christian message and cultures, and then explores the outcomes of those processes in terms of architecture, liturgy and ritual and the critique offered of these outcomes, especially by Dalit theologians. This book highlights how the Indian context has informed global discussions, and how the decisions of World Council of Churches, Vatican II and Lambeth Conferences have impacted upon the Indian context.

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Introduction
1
Landscapes and Imperatives to 1963
23
Whose Values Which Cultures? The Effects of Local Theologies
63
Temples and Churches in South India
97
Lex Orandi Lex Credendi?
137
Imperatives for a New Agenda
167
Afterword
189
Bibliography
211
Index of Names
227
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Paul M. Collins is Reader in Theology at the University of Chichester, UK.

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