Anti-colonialism in Christian Churches: A Case Study of Political Discourse in the South Indian Methodist Church in Colonial Malaya, 1890s-1930s  

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RERCERETNAM, Marc

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Sojourn: Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia vol. 25 no. 02 (Oct. 2010), page 234-261.
Topik: Anti-Colonial; Christianity; Colonialism; Dravidian Nationalism; Eastern Nationalism; India; Methodists;

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Perpustakaan PKPM Nomor Panggil: S50 Non-tandon: 1 (dapat dipinjam: 0) Tandon: tidak ada

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This paper will highlight attitudes to British colonialism among some middle-class Indian Christian communities and will use-as a case study the anti-colonial discourse within the Methodist Church. It will illustrate how diverse shades of political resistance existed among this Church community despite fears of state retribution. Discourses such as Dravidian Nationalism, Eastern Nationalism, and even the Methodist Church itself were influential in creating oppositional space and fostering intellectual freedom at a time when such expressions were frowned upon. This study thus challenges the perception that middle-class Indian communities were so pro-British that others often derogatorily referred to them as "Black Europeans".

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