Christianity Made in India

From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa

Roger E. Hedlund

• Publisher: Fortress Press
• Year: 2017
• Print ISBN:
  9781506430324
• eBook ISBN:
  9781506430331
• Topic: Theology & Religion
• Subtopic: Christian Ministry

Christianity Made in India: From Apostle Thomas to Mother Teresa discusses the indigenization of Christianity in the Indian context. It is set in the larger context of the exceptional growth of the church in the non-Western world during the twentieth century, which has been characterized by a diversity of localized cultural expressions. It recognizes that the center of Christian influence numerically and theologically is shifting wouthward to Africa, Latin America, and Asia. Increasingly, it is found in nontraditional (non-Catholic, non-Protestant, non-Syrian) churches of indigenous-independent variety, frequently charismatic, not necessarily Pentecostal, but of substantial evangelical and cultural diversity. Predominantly, it is a church of the poor. It affirms the reality that wherever the gospel goes, it takes root in the local culture.

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Index of Subjects

Aaron (Pastor), 39, 41

Aboriginal religion and culture, 157

accommodate(s)/accommodation, 103, 119n5, 127, 216, 220

activist, 57, 70, 82, 108, 141, 158–59, 169

adaptation, 6n25, 7, 107n58, 123, 131, 159, 191, 201, 220

addiction, addict(s), 68, 138, 150, 155–56

Advaita, 186, 215n16, 219, 225, 235, 239

advocate, 35, 56, 82, 129, 203–4

Afghanistan, 82, 82n4

Africa, African, 4, 5, 9, 12, 21n1, 22, 29, 30, 53n2, 54, 68, 73, 78, 81, 88–90, 92, 98n13, 99–102, 110, 110nn70–71, 114, 121, 171, 180n16, 181, 182n26, 183n32, 189, 190, 193, 195, 197, 202n21, 204, 208–9, 232

African Instituted Churches, 89, 101

African worldview, 89

Alwis, Alwin R. de, 84, 152

America/American, 2, 4, 8–9, 12, 22n3, 30, 34n14, 35, 43n1, 46, 49, 52–54, 58–61, 65–68, 76, 78, 81, 88, 90–92, 95n3, 96, 99, 102, 110, 112, 140n25, 152, 158, 170–71, 181, 182n26, 183n32, 190, 197, 202n21, 209, 225, 233

ancestor(s), 3, 87, 88, 90, 97n10, 102, 164n2, 204

ancestor veneration, 87n33, 88, 102

ancient, 5, 12, 14–15, 18, 22, 24–25, 27–28, 33, 82, 96, 113, 122n19, 178, 204, 212, 227, 237–38

Andhra Pradesh, 77, 83, 95n1, 96–97, 102, 105, 107, 117, 125, 131, 133, 151, 184, 213, 233

Andrew, C. F., 204, 219

Anglican(s), 24–25, 77, 202, 213, 229

anonymous, 207

anti-Christian, 40, 61

Antioch, 2, 14, 25

apocalyptic, 191

apologetic, 119n7, 132, 191, 218, 224, 232

apostolic, 1, 12–13, 15, 35, 84, 98, 101n25, 101n32, 108, 110n70, 112–13, 184, 222n35, 224

Apostolic Christian, 12, 84, 108, 184

apostolic primitivism, 35

appropriate, 1, 37, 82, 84, 87, 152, 186, 188, 192, 218, 223

archive(s)/archival deposits, 39, 41, 108, 182

Arndt, Johann, 32

arrogance, 75–76, 121, 202

artifacts, 13

Arya Samaj, 217–18, 235

ascetic/asceticism, 84, 152, 173, 178, 239

Ashram, 85, 102, 128, 145n3, 188, 215, 216, 225, 235, 240

Asia/Asian, xi, 1n1, 4, 5, 6n27, 8, 12, 15n16, 16n19, 18–19, 21n1, 22, 23, 24n20, 25n25, 25n27, 26–30, 37n28, 40–41, 45, 47, 53n2, 54, 64n61, 66–69, 70, 73, 77–82, 84n21, 85n26, 86, 88, 90–93, 96, 98n16, 99–102, 104, 106nn52–54, 110, 113–15, 117, 121, 122n20, 124, 131, 141n26, 145n3, 158n44, 161, 163, 165–66, 171, 174, 177–83, 185, 188, 189n60, 190–91, 192, 193–95, 197, 199n5, 200, 204, 208, 210–13, 216n21, 224, 229–33

Assemblies of God, 84, 86, 103n43, 152–153, 183n29, 184

assembly, 24, 29n54, 77, 84, 87, 108, 153–54, 184

Assembly Hall Church, 87

assimilation, 227

Association for Theological Education in Nepal (ATEN), 85

assurance, 35

authenticate, 204

Avatar, 120, 217, 222, 235, 237

awakening(s), 32, 35, 50, 54, 65, 104n45, 118, 170, 172, 189n65, 195; cultural, 3–7, 15, 22–23, 28, 32–33, 43–44, 46, 48, 50–52, 54n5, 55, 56, 78, 79, 82–83, 89, 93, 98, 103, 107, 110, 118, 136n3, 141n26, 142, 144, 146–47, 149, 153, 159, 177–78, 188, 190, 193, 198–201, 212–14, 220–24, 231; evangelical, 4, 15, 24, 28, 31n1, 33–36, 39–41, 43–44, 52, 53n1, 54, 57, 67–74, 78, 80, 82n11, 83, 91–92, 97, 104n45, 106, 109–10, 111n77, 114, 121–22, 128n49, 130n62, 131, 138, 140–41, 158, 170–71, 174, 178–79, 207n55, 208–9, 222, 223n37, 225, 230, 233; social, 6, 14, 16, 23, 28, 33, 40, 43–44, 48–50, 52, 53n1, 54, 56–57, 61, 65, 67–71, 76–78, 82–83, 96, 99, 113, 118, 124, 126–27, 135–36, 138, 139nn18–19, 140, 143–44, 147, 149, 153–57, 160, 162, 169, 172, 174, 180–81, 185, 197, 199–200, 205, 209, 212–14, 216, 218, 239; spiritual, 4, 14–15, 23, 26, 27n39, 31, 40, 43, 45, 50, 54–56, 59, 63–65, 68, 71, 77, 82n9, 83–84, 90, 97, 101n27, 102–3, 107, 110n70, 112, 118n3, 119, 122, 124, 126, 130, 136, 140–41, 143, 147, 155, 159, 165, 168–72, 178–79, 180n11, 180n14, 181n18, 187, 190, 192, 203, 212, 221, 235, 237, 239

Azariah, V. S., 77–79, 193, 202, 213–14, 229

Azusa Street, 103, 104, 114, 182n26, 183

Bach, J. S., 32

“Back-to-Jerusalem” movement, 178

backward, 56, 69, 92, 119n5, 160, 208, 214, 238

“Baliraja”, 57n17, 159–60

Banerjea, Krishna Mohan, 50

Bangladesh, 178, 190, 200

baptism, 63n54, 64–65, 86, 88, 92, 103, 104n44, 124–26, 159, 168–69, 172n24, 174, 236

Baptist(s), 28–29, 34–36, 44, 49, 52, 91, 101n27, 101n30, 104n37, 105, 113, 115, 158, 163,...

Table of contents

• Cover
• Praise for Christianity Made in India
• Title Page
• Copyright
• Table Of Contents
• Acknowledgments
• List of Abbreviations
• Introduction
• Foundations
• A Thousand Years of Silence?
• Ziegenbalg
• Carey and the Evangelical Experiment at Serampore
• Ramabai Dongre Medhavi
• Evangelical Christians and Social Transformation
• Indigenous Churches of South Asia and Beyond
• Why Study New Movements?
• Religious Plurality and Christian Concerns
• Poverty, Evangelisation, and Christian Identity
• Creative Ministries of New Christian Movements
• Living Water and the Holy Spirit
• Fourth Branch Christianity and the Historiography of New Christian Movements
• Christian Identity in a Pluralistic World
• Hindus and Christians Together for Two Thousand Years
• Conclusion
• Glossary of Indian Terms
• Index of Subjects
• Index of Authors
• Index of Biblical References