Ritual, Caste and Religion in Colonial South India
EDITOR- Michael Bergunder, Heiko Frese and Ulrike Schröder
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In colonial south India, notions of ritual, caste, and religion played a crucial role in the formation of social, cultural, and religious identities. Deeply embedded in wide-ranging discourses, these notions often mirrored social conflicts and challenged political and religious authority.
Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India, through a detailed analysis of Tamil and Telugu sources, and through an examination of the newly established print media of the time, explores the impact these notions had on society. Within the Tamil context, there is special focus on the different forms of the Saiva Siddhanta revival in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, which reveals a wide range of responses to the social and religious challenges of colonial society in south India and Ceylon. In the wake of Tamil renaissance, Brahman dominance was questioned, and other groups like Vanniyars, Nadars, or Paraiyars tried to renegotiate and improve their social and cultural status. This led to a transformation of social space and the change of ‘caste’ status in colonial south India. This volume of essays argues, however, that the Telugu context was different and needs to be evaluated on its own terms, despite its close historical interactions with Tamil sources within the Madras Presidency.
The Editors
Michael Bergunder is Professor in the History of Religions and Intercultural Theology at the University of Heidelberg. His areas of interest include Tamil religious history since the eighteenth century, Christianity in India, and the history of the Theosophical Society. His latest publication is The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century (2008).
Heiko Frese is an Indologist and historian, affiliated to the University of Heidelberg. His areas of interest include Indian historiography and modern Indian history, especially nineteenth century Telugu culture. His publications include Text and Context in the History, Literature and Religion of Orissa, jointly edited with A. Malinar and J. Beltz (2004).
Ulrike Schröder is a scholar of the History of Religions and a research fellow at the Collaborative Research Center ‘Ritual Dynamics’ at the University of Heidelberg. Her research interests focus on religion in colonial south India and contemporary Hinduism in South Africa. She is the author of Religion, Kaste und Ritual: Christliche Mission und tamilischer Hinduismus in Südindien im 19. Jahrhundert (2009).
In colonial south India, notions of ritual, caste, and religion played a crucial role in the formation of social, cultural, and religious identities. Deeply embedded in wide-ranging discourses, these notions often mirrored social conflicts and challenged political and religious authority.
Ritual, Caste, and Religion in Colonial South India, through a detailed analysis of Tamil and Telugu sources, and through an examination of the newly established print media of the time, explores the impact these notions had on society. Within the Tamil context, there is special focus on the different forms of the Saiva Siddhanta revival in the late nineteenth and early twentieth century, which reveals a wide range of responses to the social and religious challenges of colonial society in south India and Ceylon. In the wake of Tamil renaissance, Brahman dominance was questioned, and other groups like Vanniyars, Nadars, or Paraiyars tried to renegotiate and improve their social and cultural status. This led to a transformation of social space and the change of ‘caste’ status in colonial south India. This volume of essays argues, however, that the Telugu context was different and needs to be evaluated on its own terms, despite its close historical interactions with Tamil sources within the Madras Presidency.
The Editors
Michael Bergunder is Professor in the History of Religions and Intercultural Theology at the University of Heidelberg. His areas of interest include Tamil religious history since the eighteenth century, Christianity in India, and the history of the Theosophical Society. His latest publication is The South Indian Pentecostal Movement in the Twentieth Century (2008).
Heiko Frese is an Indologist and historian, affiliated to the University of Heidelberg. His areas of interest include Indian historiography and modern Indian history, especially nineteenth century Telugu culture. His publications include Text and Context in the History, Literature and Religion of Orissa, jointly edited with A. Malinar and J. Beltz (2004).
Ulrike Schröder is a scholar of the History of Religions and a research fellow at the Collaborative Research Center ‘Ritual Dynamics’ at the University of Heidelberg. Her research interests focus on religion in colonial south India and contemporary Hinduism in South Africa. She is the author of Religion, Kaste und Ritual: Christliche Mission und tamilischer Hinduismus in Südindien im 19. Jahrhundert (2009).