To Be Cared For: The Power Of Conversion And Foreignness Of Belonging In An Indian Slum (Volume 20) (The Anthropology Of Christianity) - 9780520288812

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."

• | Author: Nathaniel Roberts
• | Publisher: University Of California Press
• | Publication Date: Apr 26, 2016
• | Number of Pages: 312 pages
• | Language: English
• | Binding: Hardcover
• | ISBN-10: 0520288815
• | ISBN-13: 9780520288812