The Christians of Pakistan : the passion of Bishop John Joseph / Linda S. Walbridge.

By:

Walbridge, Linda S

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: London : RoutledgeCurzon, 2003.Description: 1 online resource (xvii, 261 pages)Content type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9781136131783
1136131787
0415570883
9780415570886
9780203037546
0203037545
1283708701
9781283708708

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Christians of Pakistan.DDC classification:

282.5491 22

LOC classification:

BX4692 .W35 2003eb

Other classification:

11.54

Online resources:

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Contents:

pt. I. From Exodus to bondage -- pt. II. The world of the bishop.

Review: "In May 1998 John Joseph, the first indigenous Pakistani Catholic bishop shot himself in front of the courthouse where a Christian had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. This book tells the story of the Christians in Pakistan, with Bishop Joseph as its centrepiece. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, but who now find themselves victims of a struggle to define Islam in Pakistan." "The majority of Pakistani Christians are descendants of untouchables converted to Christianity in the late 19th century. In Pakistan a minority religion is linked with low status, perpetuating the Indian Hindu caste system even though the Muslim majority has disassociated itself from all things Hindu and Indian. The book also deals with enculteration in the Pakistani church, the rise of indigeneous clergy, conflicts between the local church and Rome, the rise of 'fundamentalist' Islam and the position of women in society and church."--Jacket

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"In May 1998 John Joseph, the first indigenous Pakistani Catholic bishop shot himself in front of the courthouse where a Christian had been sentenced to death for blasphemy. This book tells the story of the Christians in Pakistan, with Bishop Joseph as its centrepiece. It is an account of outcastes who sought hope through Christianity, but who now find themselves victims of a struggle to define Islam in Pakistan." "The majority of Pakistani Christians are descendants of untouchables converted to Christianity in the late 19th century. In Pakistan a minority religion is linked with low status, perpetuating the Indian Hindu caste system even though the Muslim majority has disassociated itself from all things Hindu and Indian. The book also deals with enculteration in the Pakistani church, the rise of indigeneous clergy, conflicts between the local church and Rome, the rise of 'fundamentalist' Islam and the position of women in society and church."--Jacket