Evangelising the Nation: Religion and the Formation of Naga Political Identity (2) (Transition in Northeastern India)

Synopsis

Evangelising the Nation examines the extent to which a particular articulation of Christianity mediated the formation of national identity among the Nagas who inhabit the hill tracts between the Brahmaputra River in India and the Chindwin River in Burma (now Myanmar). This revised second edition revisits the defining attributes of this process and brings to forefront the agential role of religion in shaping modern political identities.This book, based on meticulous archival research, tracks the transmutations of Protestantism from the United States to the hill tracts of Northeast India, and its impact on the form and content of the nation that was imagined and longed for by the Nagas. It also examines how missionaries, local church leaders, and the colonial and post-colonial state mediated nationalist aspirations among the Nagas during the twentieth century.Part of Transitions in Northeastern India series, this lucidly written book will be of interest to scholars and researchers of South Asian history, religion, political science, sociology and social anthropology, and particularly those concerned with Northeast India.

Copyright:

2026

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Book Size:

224 Pages

ISBN-13:

9781040425183

Related ISBNs:

9781317413981, 9781003622734, 9781041027560, 9781040425121

Publisher:

Taylor & Francis

Date of Addition:

09/22/25

Copyrighted By:

John Thomas, The right of John Thomas to be identified as author of this work has been asserted in accordance with sections

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No

Language:

English

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Categories:

History, Nonfiction, Religion and Spirituality, Social Studies, Politics and Government, Sociology

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