Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity /
Publisher: Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014Description: xi, pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cmContent type:- text
- unmediated
- volume
- 9780253012876 (hardback)
- 9780253012944 (paperback)
- Catholic Church -- Relations -- Hinduism
- Syncretism (Religion) -- India -- Goa (State)
- Hinduism -- Relations -- Christianity
- Christianity and other religions -- Hinduism
- Postcolonialism -- India -- Goa (State)
- RELIGION / Comparative Religion
- HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia
- SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural
- Goa (India : State) -- Religion
- Goa (India : State) -- Religious life and customs
- 261.2/45095478 23
- BL 2016 .G6 H4 2014
- REL017000 | HIS017000 | SOC002010
Item type | Current library | Home library | Shelving location | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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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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