Hindu and Christian in South-East India (London Studies on South Asia) by Geoffrey A Oddie ISBN 13: 9780913215555

Routledge/Curzon, 1993-02. Hardcover. Good.

London Wellesley Hills, MA : Curzon Press ; Riverdale Co., 1991. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and strong. Physical description: x, 280 pages : maps ; 23 cm. Notes: Also published Wellesley Hills: Riverdale, 1991. Includes bibliographical references (pages 261-269) and index. Contents: 1. Legacies and Setting -- 2. Company Policies, Temples and Changing Attitudes, 1800-1838 -- 3. The Results of the Company's Disconnection with Hinduism -- 4. Sectarian Conflicts within Srivaishavaism: Tengalais and Vadagalais -- 5. The Character, Role and Significance of Non-Braham Saivite Maths in Tanjore District -- 6. Aspects of Popular Hinduism -- 7. Brahmans and Christian Conversion -- 8. The Depressed Classes and Christianity -- 9. The Christian Community in a Hindu Setting: Continuities and Change -- 10. Hindu Revivalism and Theosophy -- Appendix… Read More