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Caste, Gender, and Christianity in Colonial India

Part of the Postcolonialism and Religions Book Series

DOI: 10.1057/9781137382283

ISBN: 978-1-349-48034-0

Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan US - Springer Journals

Oct 31, 2015

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Introduction

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 1 –24

[The Telugu proverb—if available at hand, monkeys use coconuts as weapons—is meant to denigrate the wisdom of the weak, but there is a kernel of truth in it. As children growing up in South India, we chased monkeys when they visited our yard. We pelted them with stones, finding pleasure when they...
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Foremothers and Foreign Sisters

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 25 –52

[In forging a new identity and evolving a distinct ministry, Telugu Biblewomen retained ideas and practices from their pre-Christian culture while borrowing some from their European counterparts. Holding on to their traditional leadership roles in the religious affairs of the community even after...
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The Meeting of Two Worlds in One Office: 1880–1921

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 53 –83

[Telugu women, who were already active in the religious affairs of their communities, carried over their traditional cultic leadership roles into the new religion. The office of Biblewoman, which Protestant missionaries imported from Britain, offered them opportunities for their service and...
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Institutionalizing a Ministry: 1922–1947

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 85 –117

[The establishment of women’s seminaries in the Northern Circars was a decisive milestone in the professionalization of the office of Biblewoman. This process of institutionalization brought with it many changes to the movement, which were influenced by the social and political dynamics of the...
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A Local Manifestation of a Global Office

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 119 –140

[The office of Biblewoman grew to be a global institution in the second half of the nineteenth century, the heyday of both colonial and missionary expansions. In their eagerness to spread the new religion, local women who had embraced evangelical Christianity in the continents of Asia, Africa,...
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Conclusion

Taneti, James Elisha

Pages: 141 –144

[Inviting conversions to Christianity and promoting social changes together constituted the mission of Telugu Biblewomen. Seeking potential converts among women and children, Telugu Biblewomen introduced the Christian faith and taught literacy in houses and streets. The mission paradigms and...

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