Invitation and Belonging in a Christian Ashram: Building Interreligious Community in Northern India

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Nadya Pohran (independent scholar, Canada)

Invitation and Belonging in a Christian Ashram

Building Interreligious Community in Northern India

Nadya Pohran (independent scholar, Canada)

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Bloomsbury Academic
30 November 2023

Christian Churches & denominations; Christian theology; Religious groups: social & cultural aspects; Social & cultural anthropology

Based on 10 months of ethnographic fieldwork, this book presents a social history of Sat Tal Christian Ashram (STA), an Ashram in the Kumaon foothills of northern India. This book explores how some Christian missionaries have sought to inflect Christianity with Advaita Vedantic undertones in a number of Indian contexts; it then analyses how STA draws upon, but also differs from, existing practices of inculturation.

In demonstrating the distinctions of STA, this book offers new ethnographic data on the topics of Indian Christianity, Christian missiology and Hindu-Christian relations. This book also contributes to emergent discussions of multiple religious orientation, existential belonging and the

negotiation that occurs as individuals and communities seek to invite or belong alongside individuals whose proclaimed faiths are different than their own. It is written in a clear and accessible style, making it suitable for undergraduate students, while also offering specialists new qualitative data and insightful theoretical reflections.

By: Nadya Pohran (independent scholar Canada)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 454g
ISBN: 9781350238213
ISBN 10: 135023821X
Pages: 224
Publication Date: 30 November 2023
Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Primary , Undergraduate
Format: Paperback
Publisher's Status: Active

Nadya Pohran is an applied anthropologist based in Canada.

Reviews for Invitation and Belonging in a Christian Ashram: Building Interreligious Community in Northern India

As a window into the actual practice of interfaith encounters between Hindus and Christians and others, her work is a delight to read, and serves as an illuminating ethnographic and theological reflection on the aspirations and challenges of such encounters. * Reading Religion *