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Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity /

By: Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014Description: xi, pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 9780253012876 (hardback)
  • 9780253012944 (paperback)
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 261.2/45095478 23
LOC classification:
  • BL 2016 .G6 H4 2014
Other classification:
  • REL017000 | HIS017000 | SOC002010
Summary: "The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and considers its implications for our understanding of power, religion, and postcoloniality"-- Provided by publisher.
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Books Books Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa Jesuit Historical Institute in Africa General Stacks BL 2016 .G6 H4 2014 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Not For Loan (Restricted Access) 17234

Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index.

"The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and considers its implications for our understanding of power, religion, and postcoloniality"-- Provided by publisher.

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