| ID | 159394 |
| Title Proper | Crisis in religion |
| Other Title Information | christianity and conversion in the Marathi nineteenth century |
| Language | ENG |
| Author | Wakankar, Milind |
| Summary / Abstract (Note) | The essay tries to understand how conversion to Christianity can transform language and its rhetorical possibilities inwardly. In the case of Jyotirao Phule, who was not a convert but was a critic of caste distinctions in nineteenth-century Western India, this meant that Marathi could now be used to uncover the link between Hindu apologetics and Brahmanism. Here I argue that the ‘humble’ Marathi used in missionary tracts made possible the emergence of the ‘I’ of the convert, and pushed ‘religion’ into the gap opened up in social life by a crisis of values, a crisis productively instrumentalised by Phule. |
| `In' analytical Note | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies Vol. 41, No.2; Jun 2018: p.468-482 |
| Journal Source | South Asia: Journal of South Asian Studies 2018-06 41, 2 |
| Key Words | Caste ; Hinduism ; Religion ; Colonialism ; Christianity ; Conversion ; Nineteenth Century ; Marathi ; Anti-Brahman |