01635nam a22002417a 4500 20230320170121.0 230320b |||||||| |||| 00| 0 eng d 9780195647990 : Savera Book Distributors : 4754 Akarshan Bhawan, 23 Ansari Road, Darya Ganj, New Delhi. : 22-23/CRB/719 : 18/03/2023 281.630 VIS Visvanathan, Susan. The Christians of Kerala : history, belief, and ritual among the Yakoba. / Susan Visvanathan. , Madras : Oxford University Press , 1993. xiii, 279 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 23 cm. 495 This elegantly written book explores the practice of Christianity among the Yakoba in the small region of Kerala. Susan Viswanathan uses the categories of time, space, architecture, and the body as a means of identifying the ways in which Hindu, Christian, and Syrian strands have been woven together to form a rich cultural tapestry in the region. The Yakoba, on which this study is based, are divided into two distinct groups--the Orthodox Syrians and the Jacobite Syrians. Viswanathan relates their on-going quarrel over ecclesiastical jurisdiction and the ways in which this quarrel affects Syrian Christian life and experience as a whole. She argues that people's interpretations of Christianity are a very powerful mode of cultural expression and societal flexibility Christianisme Inde Kerala Hinduism Interfaith relations Religion Susan Visvanathan BOOK 60069 60069 0 0 ddc 0 1 SNUL SNUL 2023-03-20 Savera Book Distributors 495.00 0 281.630 VIS 29137 2023-03-20 00:00:00 2023-03-20 BOOK