RT Book
T1 Hindu-Catholic encounters in Goa: religion, colonialism, and modernity
A1 Henn, Alexander 1952-
LA English
PP Bloomington, Ind
PB Indiana University Press
YR 2014
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1003787959
AB "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"--
NO Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-205) and index
CN BL2016.G6
SN 0253012872
SN 0253012945
SN 0253013003
SN 9780253012876
SN 9780253012944
SN 9780253013002
K1 Catholic Church : Relations : Hinduism
K1 Syncretism (Religion) : India : Goa (State)
K1 Hinduism : Relations : Christianity
K1 Christianity and other religions : Hinduism
K1 Postcolonialism : India : Goa (State)
K1 Goa (India : State) : Religious life and customs
K1 Goa (India : State) : Religion