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Catholic Renewal
Catholic revival in Tamil Nadu
Catholic Shrines
Church Administrators
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Faith Brand
heritage tourism analysis
Hindu Nationalist
Hindu-Christian relations
Indian Catholic
Indian Christian
Indian Christian Identity
Indian Christian studies
Indian Christianity
Lourdes Grotto
Popular Piety
Relic Card
religious identity politics
saint veneration research
Sangh Parivar
South Indian religious history
Tamil Catholics
Tamil Nadu
Thomas Brand
Thomas Christians
Thomas Mount
Thomas Shrines
Thomas Sites
Thomas Story
Thomas Tradition
Thomas's Martyrdom
Thomas's Tomb
Thomas’s Martyrdom
Thomas’s Tomb
Product details
- ISBN 9781472485168
- Weight: 630g
- Dimensions: 156 x 234mm
- Publication Date: 17 Aug 2016
- Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Publication City/Country: GB
- Product Form: Hardback
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Though proportionally small, India's Christians are a populous and significant minority. Focussing on various Roman Catholic churches and shrines located in Chennai, a large city in South India where activities concerning saintal revival and shrinal development have taken place in the recent past, this book investigates the phenomenon of Catholic renewal in India. The author tracks the changing local significance of St. Thomas the Apostle, who according to local legend, was martyred and buried in Chennai and details the efforts of the Church hierarchy in Chennai to bring about a revival of devotion to St. Thomas. Insodoing, the book considers Indian Catholic identity, Indian Christian indigeneity and Hindu nationalism, as well as the marketing of St. Thomas and Catholicism within South India.
Thomas Charles Nagy is currently a research associate in the religious studies program at Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand. He received a BA in religion from Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, his MA in comparative religion from Miami University of Ohio, and his PhD in religious studies from Victoria University of Wellington. His research interests include Indian Christianity with a focus on Catholicism, global Christian studies, the veneration of relics, religious marketing and tourism, and wayang puppetry.
