Ecclesial identities in a multi-faith context: Jesus truth-gatherings (Yeshu satsangs) among Hindus and Sikhs in Northwest India
When Hindus and Sikhs become followers of Christ, what happens next? Should they join Christian churches that often look and feel very unfamiliar to them? Or to what degree can or should they remain a part of their Hindu/Sikh communities and practices? Uncomfortable with the answers that were provid...
| 主要作者: | |
|---|---|
| 格式: | Print 圖書 |
| 語言: | English |
| Subito Delivery Service: | Order now. |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Fernleihe: | Fernleihe für die Fachinformationsdienste |
| 出版: |
Eugene, Oregon
Pickwick Publications
[2015]
|
| In: |
Monograph series / American Society of Missiology (vol. 22)
Year: 2015 |
| 叢編: | American Society of Missiology monograph series
vol. 22 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
印度 (Nord)
/ 基督教
/ 印度教
/ 錫克教
/ 宗教間關係
B 印度 / 基督徒 / 印度教徒 / 錫克教徒 / 宗教身份 |
| Further subjects: | B
Christianity and culture
India, Northwestern
B Sikhs B 宗教 B 學位論文 B Christianity and culture B Hinduism B Christianity B Interfaith Relations B Sikhs India, Northwestern B Hindus B Christians India, Northwestern B Hinduism Relations Christianity B Christians B Sikhism B Christianity and other religions Hinduism B Identification (religion) B Hindus India, Northwestern B Sikhism Relations Christianity B India, Northwestern 宗教 India, Northwestern B Christianity and other religions Sikhism |
| 總結: | When Hindus and Sikhs become followers of Christ, what happens next? Should they join Christian churches that often look and feel very unfamiliar to them? Or to what degree can or should they remain a part of their Hindu/Sikh communities and practices? Uncomfortable with the answers that were provided to them by Christian leaders in northwest India, six followers of Christ began Yeshu satsangs (Jesus truth-gatherings) that sought to follow Christ and the teachings of the Bible while remaining connected to their Hindu and/or Sikh communities. Ecclesial Identities in a Multi-faith Context analyzes the contextualized practices and identities of these leaders and their gatherings, situating these in the religious history of the region and the personal histories of the leaders themselves. Whereas Christians worry that the Yeshu satsangs and related "insider movements" are syncretizing their beliefs and are not properly identifiable as "churches," Ecclesial Identities analyzes the Yeshu satsang's narratives and practices to find vibrant expressions of local church that are grappling with questions and tensions of social and religious identity. In addition to its ethnographic approach, Ecclesial Identities also utilizes recent sociological and anthropological theory in identity formation and critical realism, as well as discussion of biblical ecclesiology from the book of Acts. This study will be helpful resource for those interested in global Christianity, the practices and identities of churches in religiously plural environments, and the creative ways in which Christ-followers can missionally engage people of other faiths. - from book blurb |
|---|---|
| Item Description: | Includes bibliographical references (pages 279-287) and index |
| ISBN: | 1625646550 |