This is a study of the ways in which changing social expectations among Indian Catholics confronted the Roman Church with new questions, as well as giving fresh urgency to the old problem of the persistence of caste among Christians. Low-caste restiveness prompted different reactions among European missionaries and high-caste Indian priests, and
the socio-economic significance of religious conversion became a problem that reached the level of the Apostolic Delegate, and eventually of the Pope. The English brought their social attitudes to India, where they became racial attitudes while retaining their triple functions of supporting authority structures, protecting vested interests and providing psychological reinforcement, Roman Catholic missionaries came from different European countries and brought with them different national attitudes to social mores. A major question asked in this book is how far such national differences were reflected in attitudes to caste, class and sexual behaviour, how similar were the attitudes of Indian Christians, and how
far the functions of such attitudes remained constant.
By:
Kenneth Ballhatchet
Imprint: Routledge
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Volume: 17
Dimensions:
Height: 234mm,
Width: 156mm,
Spine: 20mm
Weight: 530g
ISBN: 9780700710959
ISBN 10: 0700710957
Pages: 198
Publication Date: 23 June 1998
Audience:
Professional and scholarly
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General/trade
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Professional & Vocational
,
Undergraduate
,
ELT Advanced
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active
Chapter I The Vatican and the East India Company; Chapter II The East India Company; Chapter III Carmelites, Caste, Sex and Conflict in Kerala; Chapter IV Carmelites and Social Conflict in Bombay; Chapter V Capuchins, Boatmen and Irishmen in Madras; Chapter VI French Jesuits and Caste in Tamil Nadu;
Reviews for Caste, Class and Catholicism in India 1789-1914
'Anyone wishing to have an overview of the many controversies that raged between and amongst Roman Catholics in British India need look no further.' - Penelope Carson, The Journal of Imperial and Commonwealth History
