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245			_aApostolate of St. Thomas in India
260			_aDelhi : _bPrimus Books, _c2024.
300			_axvi, 526.p.
490			_aHistory of Christianity in India _vVolume 1
520			_aApostolate of St. Thomas in India traces the history of the missionary works of St. Thomas and the origins of Christianity in the subcontinent. It delves into the genesis of the St. Thomas Christians, a community whose various works including their historical documents in Syriac and Malayalam were destroyed by the Portuguese colonizers at the Synod of Diamper (1599) fearing their heretical contents. The chapters here revisit these themes from different perspectives, examining a variety of archaeological and literary sources and using tools of historical research and a multi-disciplinary methodology to question the existing overarching historical narratives about the St. Thomas Christians. This allows readers to retrieve a history that was previously erased as well as understand the alterity of the community's past outside of the convention created by the Euro-centric 'myth of historicity'. The volume is a reservoir for scholars working on the origin of Christianity in South Asia in general and for those looking for a nuanced understanding of the origin of St. Thomas Christians in particular.
650			_aNorthwestern -- Church history _9811593
650			_aSaint Thomas Christians -- History -- India -- India _9811594
650			_aChristian literature _9811595
700			_aMalekandathil, Pius _9752263
700			_aMatbew, K. S. _9811596
700			_aKurikilamkatta, James _9811597
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