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In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

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In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

This is a biography of Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah (1874-1945), bishop of the Anglican Church in India from 1912 until his death in 1945. His life sheds new light on the challenges and opportunities faced by religious minorities throughout the world today. As a Christian leader in a non-Christian culture, he negotiated complex cultural, social, political, and economic pressure with exceptional skill and diplomacy. As the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese, and as modern India's most successful leader of depressed class and non-Brahmin conversion movements to Christianity, Azariah was equally at home with the untouchables of rural India and the unreachables of the British Empire. From this platform Azariah inevitably came into contact - and, ironically, also into conflict - with the dominating presence of Mahatma Gandhi. Susan Billington Harper here reconstructs major events and issues of Azariah's public life, including a previously unstudied controversy with Gandhi over the issue of conversion and relgious freedom in the 1930s. Based on hitherto untapped primary sources, including diocesan records and vernacular oral histories expressed in both stories and songs, this fascinating volume not only provides the first critical study of Bishop Azariah's life but also offers important - at times challenging - insights for those interested in modern India and the place of Christianity within it.

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Bishop Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

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The Encyclopedia of Magic & Witchcraft

An Illustrated Historical Reference to Spiritual Worlds

By: Susan Greenwood

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The Encyclopedia of Magic & Witchcraft

An Illustrated Historical Reference to Spiritual Worlds

By: Susan Greenwood

This volume offers an examination of the history and traditions of magic and witchcraft, from very early times to the present. The book gives an examination of magic and its relationship with religion, from prehistory to the modern eras.

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260

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Hermes House Press

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1843094673

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Contemporary Magic and Witchcraft

A Comprehensive Examination of Modern Western Magic

By: Susan Greenwood

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Contemporary Magic and Witchcraft

A Comprehensive Examination of Modern Western Magic

By: Susan Greenwood

This is a detailed and fascinating overview of the magical traditions and practices of the modern western world.

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100

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Southwater

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1842157965

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In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

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Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

This book presents the only critical study of the public life and legacy of V. S. Azariah (1874-1945), the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese and the most successful leader of rural conversion movements to Christianity in modern India. Harper carefully explores Bishop Azariah's work, including his attempts to redress racism and improve social conditions in India, and documents -- for the first time anywhere -- the previously unknown controversy between Bishop Azariah and the great Mahatma Gandhi.

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Eerdmans Publishing Company

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080283874X

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In the Shadow of the Mahatma

Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

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Bishop V.S. Azariah and the Travails of Christianity in British India

By: Susan Billington Harper

Reconstructs major events and issues in Bishop Azariahs public life, including a previously unstudied controversy with Gandhi over the issue of conversion and religious freedom in the 1930s. This book presents the only critical study of the public life and legacy of V. S. Azariah (1874-1945), the first Indian bishop of an Anglican diocese and the most successful leader of rural conversion movements to Christianity in modern India. Harper carefully explores Bishop Azariahs work, including his attempts to redress racism and improve social conditions in India, and documentsfor the first time anywherethe previously unknown controversy between Bishop Azariah and the great Mahatma Gandhi.

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