Author: Dempsey, Corinne G.
Title: Kerala Christian Sainthood: Collisions of Culture and Worldview in South India
Description: Oxford, Oxford University Press, 2001. orig.boards. 23x15cm, xiii,213 pp.. Minor rubbing. VG. dustwrapper. ¶ In this fieldwork-based study, Corinne Dempsey examines Christianity in Kerala, which is home to India's ancient and thriving Christian community. Dempsey views their saint traditions as reflecting devotees' "hybrid" ( Western and Eastern) identities in colonial and postcolonial times. She uses Kerala Christian devotional practices as points of comparison with European Catholicism and the indigenous Hinduism of the region" - Publisher's description.

Keywords: History of Religion, Sister Alphonsa, Kerala, India South Asia, Indian Christians, Christianity, Saints Sainthood, Anthropology, Ethnography