James Ponniah
Biographic Data
| ID | 5191434 |
|---|---|
| NAME | James Ponniah |
| GIVEN NAMES | James |
| FAMILY NAME | Ponniah |
| SIGNATURE | PONNIAH J |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Madras |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9318-8281 |
| VERIFIED | Yes |
| TOTAL WORKS | 12 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 12 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2009 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Religious Individualization in Pentecostal Megachurches in India
Religious individualization has become a prominent phenomenon in our contemporary world, driven by globalization, the free-market economy, and digital technology. While scholars have extensively studied the impact of the emergence of the “individual” on the religious sphere in the Global North, this question remains underexplored in the Global South. This article addresses this gap by examining the phenomenon of religious individualization throug…
Multifunctional Role of Tamil Material Catholicism: A Study on the Transnational celebrations of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi
This comparative study explores the significance of Catholic material religion of the Tamils in India and Malaysia in the celebration of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi feast which involves a complex interplay of materiality, religious beliefs, and embodied practices. Employing Plate and Bruland’s understandings of material religion, and based on ethnographic study, this essay seeks to unravel the power of material objects and embodied practices to replic…
Democratization of Indian Christianity: Hegemony, Accessibility, and Resistance
Adoption of Caste by Christian and Jewish Communities in India: A Case of Cultural Integration or Religious Estrangement
This essay investigates how caste, the most problematic cultural category of India, renders Indian versions of two Abrahamic religions, Judaism and Christianity, a site of ambivalence and conflict. It explores how caste has played out differently in the lives of two Abrahamic religious communities, i.e., the Christians and the Jews at two different locales, Kerala and Andhra. In Kerala, both Syrian Christians and Cochin Jews adopted caste as the …
Transnational Religious Organisation and Practice: A Contextual Analysis of Kerala Pentecostal Churches in Kuwait, by Stanley J. Valayil C. John
Communal Violence in India: Exploring Strategies of its Nurture and Negation in Contemporary Times
Christian Responses to Discrimination and Violence in India and Sri Lanka: Avoidance, Advocacy, and Interfaith Engagement
While India and Sri Lanka are both modern democracies with constitutions that provide general protections for minority groups, in both countries Christians are victimized by various forms of social
Accommodation and Acceptance: An Exploration in Interfaith Relations, written by Ambrose Mong
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives
Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, it documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights and religious freedom; fighting injustice; stimulating eco…
Agency in the Subaltern Encounter of Evil: Subverting the Dominant and Appropriating the Indigenous
This essay focuses on subaltern encounter of evil that occurred in two different religious orbits, namely, Hinduism and Christianity in India. The Hindu phenomenon to be studied is Ayya Vaḻi1 (henceforth, AV) founded by Ayya Vaikundar (1809-1851) and the Christian phenomenon, Bible Mission (henceforth, BM) established by Devadas Ayyagaru (1840-1960). While attempts have been made earlier in the writings of Chad Bauman, Zoe Sherinian, Eleanor Zeli…
In Continuity with the Past: Indigenous Environmentalism and Indian Christian Visions of Flora
This article considers whether Indian Christianity can be said to have a distinctive ecological vision. The first two parts of the article examine Christian environmentalism in two native forms of Indian Christianity: Tamil Christianity and Tribal Christianity. Continuing with the theme of conformity to the local culture—though of the elite—the third part of the article investigates how Christian Ashrams function as dynamic centers for ecological…
Subaltern Rituals, Modernization and Postmodern Themes
Christian Responses to Discrimination and Violence in India and Sri Lanka: Avoidance, Advocacy, and Interfaith Engagement
While India and Sri Lanka are both modern democracies with constitutions that provide general protections for minority groups, in both countries Christians are victimized by various forms of social
Subaltern Rituals, Modernization and Postmodern Themes
Christianity and Freedom: Volume 2, Contemporary Perspectives
Volume 2 of Christianity and Freedom illuminates how Christian minorities and transnational Christian networks contribute to the freedom and flourishing of societies across the globe, even amidst pressure and violent persecution. Featuring unprecedented field research by some of the world's most distinguished scholars, it documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights and religious freedom; fighting injustice; stimulating eco…
Agency in the Subaltern Encounter of Evil: Subverting the Dominant and Appropriating the Indigenous
This essay focuses on subaltern encounter of evil that occurred in two different religious orbits, namely, Hinduism and Christianity in India. The Hindu phenomenon to be studied is Ayya Vaḻi1 (henceforth, AV) founded by Ayya Vaikundar (1809-1851) and the Christian phenomenon, Bible Mission (henceforth, BM) established by Devadas Ayyagaru (1840-1960). While attempts have been made earlier in the writings of Chad Bauman, Zoe Sherinian, Eleanor Zeli…
In Continuity with the Past: Indigenous Environmentalism and Indian Christian Visions of Flora
This article considers whether Indian Christianity can be said to have a distinctive ecological vision. The first two parts of the article examine Christian environmentalism in two native forms of Indian Christianity: Tamil Christianity and Tribal Christianity. Continuing with the theme of conformity to the local culture—though of the elite—the third part of the article investigates how Christian Ashrams function as dynamic centers for ecological…
Communal Violence in India: Exploring Strategies of its Nurture and Negation in Contemporary Times
Christian Responses to Discrimination and Violence in India and Sri Lanka: Avoidance, Advocacy, and Interfaith Engagement
While India and Sri Lanka are both modern democracies with constitutions that provide general protections for minority groups, in both countries Christians are victimized by various forms of social
Accommodation and Acceptance: An Exploration in Interfaith Relations, written by Ambrose Mong
Transnational Religious Organisation and Practice: A Contextual Analysis of Kerala Pentecostal Churches in Kuwait, by Stanley J. Valayil C. John
Democratization of Indian Christianity: Hegemony, Accessibility, and Resistance
Adoption of Caste by Christian and Jewish Communities in India: A Case of Cultural Integration or Religious Estrangement
This essay investigates how caste, the most problematic cultural category of India, renders Indian versions of two Abrahamic religions, Judaism and Christianity, a site of ambivalence and conflict. It explores how caste has played out differently in the lives of two Abrahamic religious communities, i.e., the Christians and the Jews at two different locales, Kerala and Andhra. In Kerala, both Syrian Christians and Cochin Jews adopted caste as the …
Multifunctional Role of Tamil Material Catholicism: A Study on the Transnational celebrations of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi
This comparative study explores the significance of Catholic material religion of the Tamils in India and Malaysia in the celebration of Our Lady of Vēlānkaṉṉi feast which involves a complex interplay of materiality, religious beliefs, and embodied practices. Employing Plate and Bruland’s understandings of material religion, and based on ethnographic study, this essay seeks to unravel the power of material objects and embodied practices to replic…
Religious Individualization in Pentecostal Megachurches in India
Religious individualization has become a prominent phenomenon in our contemporary world, driven by globalization, the free-market economy, and digital technology. While scholars have extensively studied the impact of the emergence of the “individual” on the religious sphere in the Global North, this question remains underexplored in the Global South. This article addresses this gap by examining the phenomenon of religious individualization throug…
Sociology (9 works) · Philosophy (7 works) · Political science (6 works) · Religious studies (6 works) · Anthropological Studies and Insights (5 works) · Law (5 works) · Religion, Society, and Development (5 works) · Anthropology (4 works) · Christianity (4 works) · Gender Studies (4 works)