Based on historical records, some rare archival materials of the Church, oral traditions of the Uraon Adivasi community as well as fieldwork data, this book explores the dialectics between the old and the new. It presents insights derived from the processes of Indianization, indigenization and tribalization in the Church from the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, and also addresses issues of ethnic and minority studies with a focus on identity formation and articulation. The book argue that the Uraon identity has evolved through the ages, that conversions are only side-effects of multiple factors resulting in the fragmented relationship between Christians and Sarna there are negotiations for convergence, that the Uraon Sarna converts to Christianity are very much a Scheduled Tribe by virtue of being `Uraons', and that calling the Uraon Sarnas `Hindu' is self contradictory.

ISBN 13: 9789389676198

ISBN 10: 9389676193

Year: 2020

Language: ENGLISH

Pages etc.: xvi+327p., appendices, gloss., bib., ind., 24cm.

Binding: Hardbound

Subject(s): Sociology