02488cam a2200469 i 4500 22167 22167 18073587 OSt 20181024104336.0 140320s2014 inuab b s001 0 eng 2013050142 9780253012876 (hardback) 9780253012944 (paperback) 9780253013002 (e-book) DLC eng DLC rda DLC pcc a-ii--- BL 2016 .G6 H4 2014 261.2/45095478 23 REL017000 HIS017000 SOC002010 bisacsh Henn, Alexander Hindu-Catholic Encounters in Goa: Religion, Colonialism, and Modernity / Bloomington : Indiana University Press, 2014. xi, pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Includes bibliographical references (pages 191-204) and index. "The state of Goa on India's southwest coast was once the capital of the Portuguese-Catholic empire in Asia. When Vasco Da Gama arrived in India in 1498, he mistook Hindus for Christians, but Jesuit missionaries soon declared war on the alleged idolatry of the Hindus. Today, Hindus and Catholics assert their own religious identities, but Hindu village gods and Catholic patron saints attract worship from members of both religious communities. Through fresh readings of early Portuguese sources and long-term ethnographic fieldwork, this study traces the history of Hindu-Catholic syncretism in Goa and considers its implications for our understanding of power, religion, and postcoloniality"-- Provided by publisher. Catholic Church Relations Hinduism. Syncretism (Religion) India Goa (State) Hinduism Relations Christianity. Christianity and other religions Hinduism. Postcolonialism India Goa (State) RELIGION / Comparative Religion. bisacsh HISTORY / Asia / India & South Asia. bisacsh SOCIAL SCIENCE / Anthropology / Cultural. bisacsh Goa (India : State) Religion. Goa (India : State) Religious life and customs. 7 cbc orignew 1 ecip 20 y-gencatlg lcc BK 0 0 lcc 0 1 1 JHIA JHIA GEN 2018-10-24 0 BL 2016 .G6 H4 2014 17234 2018-10-24 00:00:00 2018-10-24 BK