Beschreibung:
The Author: Dhirendra Kumar Sahu was brought up in Khurda, Orissa, India. After gaining a B.A. (Hons) from Utkal University and a B.D. from Serampore, he then studied at Oxford achieving an M.A. and later a Ph.D. from Birmingham University. At present he teaches Christian Theology at Serampore College, India.
This book presents historical and theological insight into the Church of North India against the background of the modern missionary movement, Indian nationalism and the church union negotiations. The questions of Christian identity, the nature of the church and the appropriate form of Christianity in India are evaluated with a view to present an ecumenical ecclesiology by interrelating three basic categories of narrative, doctrine and institution.
Contents: What does it mean to be an Indian as well as a Christian? - This book seeks to interrelate both the identities in the corporate life and thought of the Church of North India.