Hindu-Catholic encounters in Goa: religion, colonialism, and modernity
"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 Cat...
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| Τύπος μέσου: | Ηλεκτρονική πηγή Βιβλίο |
| Γλώσσα: | Αγγλικά |
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| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| Έκδοση: |
Bloomington, Ind
Indiana University Press
2014
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| Στο/Στη: | Έτος: 2014 |
| Άλλες λέξεις-κλειδιά: | B
Hinduism
Relations
Christianity
B Postcolonialism (India) (Goa (State)) B Christianity and other religions Hinduism B Catholic Church Relations Hinduism B Goa (India : State) Religious life and customs B Goa (India : State) Θρησκεία B Syncretism (Religion) (India) (Goa (State)) |
| Διαθέσιμο Online: |
Volltext (Verlag) |
| Παράλληλη έκδοση: | Print version: Henn, Alexander, 1952-: Hindu-Catholic encounters in Goa. - Bloomington, Ind : Indiana University Press, ©2014. - 9780253012876 |
| Σύνοψη: | "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"-- |
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| Περιγραφή τεκμηρίου: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index |
| ISBN: | 0253012872 |