To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum

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Nathaniel Roberts

To Be Cared For

The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum

Nathaniel Roberts

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University of California Press
26 April 2016

Christianity; Social classes; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social & cultural anthropology

Series: The Anthropology of Christianity

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.""

Read an interview with the author on the Association for Asian Studies' #AsiaNow blog.

By: Nathaniel Roberts
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Volume: 20
Dimensions: Height: 229mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 23mm
Weight: 544g
ISBN: 9780520288812
ISBN 10: 0520288815
Series: The Anthropology of Christianity
Pages: 312
Publication Date: 26 April 2016
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nathaniel Roberts is Research Fellow at the Max Planck Institute for the Study of Religious and Ethnic Diversity, Germany.

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A major contibution to the anthropology of Christianity but also to the wider anthropology of religion as well as gender, class, and postcolonialism. Anthropology Review Database