M Christhu Doss
Biographic Data
| ID | 5624752 |
|---|---|
| NAME | M Christhu Doss |
| GIVEN NAMES | M Christhu |
| FAMILY NAME | Doss |
| SIGNATURE | DOSS M C |
| AFFILIATIONS | Christ University |
| ORCID | 0000-0002-2361-9469 |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 8 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 4 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 8 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2013 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2024 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Ambivalent egalitarians? Pietists and the pedagogy of the “Pariah” in modern South India during the nineteenth century
The pedagogy of the colonising British in nineteenth-century India was critical of traditional Indian education for various reasons. The proselytising pedagogists who viewed the cultural practice of caste as a major stumbling block to their evangelising mission continued to confront the practice, which appeared to have stood on a footing of social equality based on professional attributes. The colonial and missionary agencies often claimed that t…
Gandhiji and RSS
Exploring the cordial relationship and mutual respect between Gandhiji and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), this article critically examines the political rhetoric against the RSS and its implications. As a nationalist cultural organisation, the RSS had been well aligned with most of the social and cultural programmes initiated by Gandhiji. When critics of the RSS like Jawaharlal Nehru were keen on crushing the RSS, the truth-seeking politi…
Pedagogy of the “secluded” women and changing femininity in colonial India, 1830s–1930s
Women missionaries who came to India with a superior Protestant religious imaginary were keen on critiquing Hindu cultural practices that created divergences and transfigurations. They blatantly proclaimed that the deep-rooted custom of women’s “seclusion” was a stumbling block to education, evangelisation and modernisation. This study demonstrates how missionary construction of “secluded” women’s femininity through civilisational, religious and …
Religions, Women and Discourse of Modernity in Colonial South India
Colonial education and missionary discourse of modernity intensified struggles for continuity and change among the followers of Hinduism and Christianity in nineteenth century India. While missionary modernity was characterised by an emphasis on sociocultural changes among the marginalized women through Christian norms of decency, orthodox Hindus used traditional cultural practices to confront missionary modernization endeavours. This article pos…
Introduction
Indian Christians and The Making of Composite Culture in South India
While North India erupted in rebellion in 1857, South India was experiencing a range of cross-cultural contests between missionary Christianity and local converts, who protested against Indian culture being dismissed as a work of the devil. Converts in the emerging Christian communities, particularly in South India, made efforts to retain their indigenous cultural ethos as part of their lived experience. Early attempts to balance Indian identity …
Repainting Religious Landscape
Religious accessions and conversions have been spawning a great deal of scholarly attention from various academic disciplines. Conversion to Christianity is defined within the social, cultural, political and philosophical contexts, and suggests that it is a consequence of persuasion, cognitive act, commitment of a free will or a change from one view to another. But the main difficulty with such arguments is that they often tend to ignore the dist…
Missionary Insurgency and Marginality of Modernity in Colonial South India
This article argues that despite some efforts by early missionaries, Christians in India have continued to practise various forms of caste prejudice. The multi-dimensional understanding of caste made this issue heavily contested, dividing the Christian communities into two major components of marginal Christians, later known as Dalit Christians, and elite Christians constituting largely Nadars and Vellalas in South India. Despite considerable mis…
Religions, Women and Discourse of Modernity in Colonial South India
Colonial education and missionary discourse of modernity intensified struggles for continuity and change among the followers of Hinduism and Christianity in nineteenth century India. While missionary modernity was characterised by an emphasis on sociocultural changes among the marginalized women through Christian norms of decency, orthodox Hindus used traditional cultural practices to confront missionary modernization endeavours. This article pos…
Introduction
Indian Christians and The Making of Composite Culture in South India
While North India erupted in rebellion in 1857, South India was experiencing a range of cross-cultural contests between missionary Christianity and local converts, who protested against Indian culture being dismissed as a work of the devil. Converts in the emerging Christian communities, particularly in South India, made efforts to retain their indigenous cultural ethos as part of their lived experience. Early attempts to balance Indian identity …
Missionary Insurgency and Marginality of Modernity in Colonial South India
This article argues that despite some efforts by early missionaries, Christians in India have continued to practise various forms of caste prejudice. The multi-dimensional understanding of caste made this issue heavily contested, dividing the Christian communities into two major components of marginal Christians, later known as Dalit Christians, and elite Christians constituting largely Nadars and Vellalas in South India. Despite considerable mis…
Missionary Insurgency and Marginality of Modernity in Colonial South India
This article argues that despite some efforts by early missionaries, Christians in India have continued to practise various forms of caste prejudice. The multi-dimensional understanding of caste made this issue heavily contested, dividing the Christian communities into two major components of marginal Christians, later known as Dalit Christians, and elite Christians constituting largely Nadars and Vellalas in South India. Despite considerable mis…
Repainting Religious Landscape
Religious accessions and conversions have been spawning a great deal of scholarly attention from various academic disciplines. Conversion to Christianity is defined within the social, cultural, political and philosophical contexts, and suggests that it is a consequence of persuasion, cognitive act, commitment of a free will or a change from one view to another. But the main difficulty with such arguments is that they often tend to ignore the dist…
Introduction
Indian Christians and The Making of Composite Culture in South India
While North India erupted in rebellion in 1857, South India was experiencing a range of cross-cultural contests between missionary Christianity and local converts, who protested against Indian culture being dismissed as a work of the devil. Converts in the emerging Christian communities, particularly in South India, made efforts to retain their indigenous cultural ethos as part of their lived experience. Early attempts to balance Indian identity …
Religions, Women and Discourse of Modernity in Colonial South India
Colonial education and missionary discourse of modernity intensified struggles for continuity and change among the followers of Hinduism and Christianity in nineteenth century India. While missionary modernity was characterised by an emphasis on sociocultural changes among the marginalized women through Christian norms of decency, orthodox Hindus used traditional cultural practices to confront missionary modernization endeavours. This article pos…
Gandhiji and RSS
Exploring the cordial relationship and mutual respect between Gandhiji and the Rashtriya Swayamsevak Sangh (RSS), this article critically examines the political rhetoric against the RSS and its implications. As a nationalist cultural organisation, the RSS had been well aligned with most of the social and cultural programmes initiated by Gandhiji. When critics of the RSS like Jawaharlal Nehru were keen on crushing the RSS, the truth-seeking politi…
Pedagogy of the “secluded” women and changing femininity in colonial India, 1830s–1930s
Women missionaries who came to India with a superior Protestant religious imaginary were keen on critiquing Hindu cultural practices that created divergences and transfigurations. They blatantly proclaimed that the deep-rooted custom of women’s “seclusion” was a stumbling block to education, evangelisation and modernisation. This study demonstrates how missionary construction of “secluded” women’s femininity through civilisational, religious and …
Ambivalent egalitarians? Pietists and the pedagogy of the “Pariah” in modern South India during the nineteenth century
The pedagogy of the colonising British in nineteenth-century India was critical of traditional Indian education for various reasons. The proselytising pedagogists who viewed the cultural practice of caste as a major stumbling block to their evangelising mission continued to confront the practice, which appeared to have stood on a footing of social equality based on professional attributes. The colonial and missionary agencies often claimed that t…
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