A Matter of Belief : : Christian Conversion and Healing in North-East India / / Vibha Joshi.
‘Nagaland for Christ’ and ‘Jesus Saves’ are familiar slogans prominently displayed on public transport and celebratory banners in Nagaland, north-east India. They express an idealization of Christian homogeneity that belies the underlying tensions and negotiations between Christian and non-Christian...
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| Place / Publishing House: | New York; , Oxford : : Berghahn Books, , [2012] ©2012 |
| Year of Publication: | 2012 |
| Language: | English |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (328 p.) |
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Table of Contents:
- Frontmatter
- CONTENTS
- LIST OF MAPS, TABLES AND DIAGRAMS
- LIST OF FIGURES
- PREFACE
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
- GLOSSARY
- ABBREVIATIONS
- INTRODUCTION Christianity and the Struggle for Well-being
- Chapter 1 A MOUNTAINOUS STATE
- Chapter 2 CLASSIFYING SPIRIT AND SICKNESS
- Chapter 3 RELIGION OF PRACTICE
- Chapter 4 TRADITIONAL HEALERS
- Chapter 5 A BRIEF HISTORY OF CHRISTIAN EVANGELIZATION IN THE NAGA HILLS
- Chapter 6 CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIANITY AND THE HEALING SPIRIT
- Chapter 7 CHURCH AND HEALING
- CONCLUSION
- APPENDIX 1 Bibliographical Essay
- APPENDIX 2 Inscription on the Stone Tablet in Upper Chajouba Village
- APPENDIX 3 Angami Calendar (khrü phrü)
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
- INDEX