We Have the Best Gods! The Encounter Between Hinduism and Christianity in La Réunion

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" We Have the Best Gods! The Encounter Between Hinduism and Christianity in La Réunion "
Christian Ghasarian

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1071392
Doc. No	:	LA115021
Call No	:	‭10.1163/156852197X00079‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Christian Ghasarian
Title & Author	:	We Have the Best Gods! The Encounter Between Hinduism and Christianity in La Réunion [Article]\ Christian Ghasarian
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Journal of Asian and African Studies
Date	:	1997
Volume/ Issue Number	:	32/3-4
Page No	:	286–295
Abstract	:	"Christian religion, imposed on South Indian immigrants from advent in La Réunion (Indian Ocean) by the French administration, did not succeed in eradicating belief in the Hindu gods: rather, Christianity became for the Tamils a matter of mere public display, acted out to satisfy the island's "others" and to demonstrate integration into the mainstream society. Meanwhile, Tamils in La Réunion today face an important dilemma emerging from within: to reform or not to reform their Hindu folk rites, as a brahmanic Hinduism is recently imported from India and propagated among Tamils of the younger generation."
Descriptor	:	African Studies
Descriptor	:	General
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/156852197X00079‬