Anti-Christian Violence in India

M. Bauman Chad

Description

Does religion cause violent conflict, asks Chad M. Bauman, and if so, does it cause conflict more than other social identities? Through an extended history of Christian-Hindu relations, with particular attention to the 2007-2008 riots in Kandhamal, Odisha, Anti-Christian Violence in India examines religious violence and how it pertains to broader aspects of humanity. Is "religious" conflict sui generis, or is it merely one species of intergroup conflict? Why and how might violence become an attractive option for religious actors? What explains the increase in religious violence over the last twenty to thirty years?Integrating theories of anti-Christian violence focused on politics, economics, and proselytization, Anti-Christian Violence in India additionally weaves in recent theory about globalization and, in particular, the forms of resistance against Western secular modernity that globalization periodically helps to provoke. With such theories in mind, Bauman explores the nature of anti-Christian violence in India, contending that resistance to secular modernities is, in fact, an important but often overlooked reason behind Hindu attacks on Christians. Intensifying the widespread Hindu tendency to think of religion in ethnic rather than universal terms, the ideology of Hindutva, or "Hinduness," explicitly rejects both the secular privatization of religion and the separability of religions from the communities that incubate them. And so, with provocative and original analysis, Bauman questions whether anti-Christian violence in contemporary India is really about religion, in the narrowest sense, or rather a manifestation of broader concerns among some Hindus about the Western sociopolitical order with which they associate global Christianity.

Sujets

• Histoire
• South Asia
• History of Asia
• History of religions
• Christianity
• India

Informations

• Publié par: Cornell University Press
• Date de parution: 15 septembre 2020
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781501751431
• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 9 Mo

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Names: Bauman, Chad M., author. Tîte: Antî-Chrîstîan Vîoence în ïndîa / Chad M. Bauman. Descrîptîon: ïthaca [New York] : Corne Unîversîty Press, 2020. | Serîes: Reîgîon and conLîct | ïncudes bîbîographîca reerences and îndex. ïdentîIers: CCN 2019053346 (prînt) | CCN 2019053347 (ebook) | ïSBN 9781501750687 (hardcover) | ïSBN 9781501751424 (ebook) | ïSBN 9781501751431 (pd ) Subjects: CSH: Chrîstîans—Vîoence agaînst—ïndîa. | Chrîstîanîty—ïndîa. | Chrîstîans—Vîoence agaînst— ïndîa—Kandhama (Dîstrîct) | Chrîstîanîty—ïndîa— Kandhama (Dîstrîct) | Hînduîsm—Reatîons— Chrîstîanîty. | Chrîstîanîty and other reîgîons— Hînduîsm. CassîIcatîon: CC DS432.C55 B38 2020 (prînt) | CC DS432.C55 (ebook) | DDC 303.60954—dc23 C record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov/2019053346 C ebook record avaîabe at https://ccn.oc.gov /2019053347

Cover photograph: ïndîan Chrîstîan vîager Basmotî Dîgga, n.d. Photographer Deshakayan Chowdhury / AFP vîa Getty ïmages.

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Co n t e n t s

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 ïntroductîon: Antî-Chrîstîan Vîoence în Goba Context 1  1. A Socîo-cosmoogîca Approach to Antî-Chrîstîan Vîoence 27  2. A Prehîstory o Hîndu-Chrîstîan ConLîct 65  3. “Everyday” Antî-Chrîstîan Vîoence 115  4. “Darkness, oneîness, oud Noîses, and Men”: The Rîots în Kandhama, Odîsha, 2007–2008 143  5. The Socîa Constructîon o Kandhama’s Vîoence 183  Concusîon: A Geography o Anger 215

Notes239 Works Cîted273 ïndex291

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The onger a wrîtîng project, the more dîicut ît îs to adequatey and thoroughy acknowedge the many generous rîends and coeagues who în some way contrîbuted to îts success and competîon. Chron- oogîcay speakîng, the Irst person ï must thank îs Harry van der înden. Around 2007, when ï was contempatîng shîtîng my research ocus to the topîc o thîs book, Harry, who was my department chaîr at Buter Unîversîty at the tîme, encouraged ît enthusîastîcay. Were ît not or hîs conIdence în the vaue o such a project, ï may have never begun. Soon thereater, ï receîved a grant rom the Center or Reîgîon and Cîvîc Cuture (CRCC) at the Unîversîty o Southern Caîornîa, whîch was unded by the John R. Tempeton Foundatîon. The grant was întended to und research or a book on antî-Chrîstîan vîoence targetîng ïndîa’s Pentecosta and charîsmatîc Chrîstîans, but îts munîIcence enabed the gatherîng o data or thîs one as we. That project aso connected me wîth new rîends and coeagues, îke Brîe oskota and Dîck Fory, who have been vaued and supportîve înterocutors ever sînce. CRCC staf aso rec- ommended me as a partîcîpant to dîrectors o other, reated projects, projects that have provîded me wîth contînua research undîng and coegîa support în the întervenîng years. Among these, ï must în partîcuar mentîon the Chrîs- tîanîty & Freedom Project (sponsored by Georgetown Unîversîty’s Berkey Center or Reîgîon, Peace & Word Afaîrs) and Under Caesar’s Sword (a proj- ect joînty managed by Notre Dame’s Center or Ethîcs and Cuture and the Reîgîous Freedom ïnstîtute, at whîch ï now serve as senîor eow). Danîe Phî- pott, Tîmothy Samue Shah, and Rebecca Shah have been învoved în the eadershîp o a three projects and have been îmmensey encouragîng aong the way. Danîe and Tîmothy both aso payed crîtîca roes în hepîng me get thîs manuscrîpt over the pubîcatîon Inîsh îne. Among unders, ï must aso acknowedge the Amerîcan Academy o Reîgîon, whîch supported an înter- natîona coaboratîve research grant that heped James Ponnîah and me ex- pore antî-Chrîstîan vîoence în Srî anka. Asîde rom provîdîng an opportunîty to spend more tîme wîth the înîmîtabe James Ponnîah, my reguar partner în crîme, the grant heped me deveop a comparatîve regîona perspectîve on

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