Christians and public life in colonial South India, 1863-1937 contending with marginality

Includes bibliographical references (p. 277-295) and index.

Introduction -- pt. 1. Legal constructions of religious identity. Rights of converts within British and Princely India, 1870-1895 -- Inheritance law and the 'native Christian' community, 1863-1917 -- Marital law and constructions of Hindu and Christian identity (1870-1920) -- pt. 2. Conceiving a political community. The spiritual vs. the political : global religion and Indian politics, 1917-1933 -- The protestant disavowal of Christian communalism, 1910-1933 -- The indigenization of Catholic action, 1921-1937 -- pt. 3. Caste and communal identity. Religion, caste and political rhetoric, 1925-1937 -- At the margins of marginality : Dalit Christians, 1917-1937 -- Conclusion.