![]() ![]() ![]() Mathew Schmalz, for instance, records how a distinction develops in the North Indian context, describing the Catholic and the Chamar, as the asli (real) and the phasali (trapped) Christian. Again, Dalit Christians were on the margins in actuality. Moreover, Dalit religion was characterised by what it ‘lacked’ in terms of the dominant framework. For one, the traditional focus on caste Hinduism within the Brahminical or Sanskrit framework tended to put the Dalits in the periphery. Dalit Christians were considered largely marginal. The Dalit and tribal Christianity has generally been presented negatively, characterised more by their deficiencies in relation to the dominant framework which is elite and Brahminical. THIS collection of papers by social anthropologists who are interested greatly in religion, feel that Dalit and tribal Christianity are not adequately treated in literature where they are independent expressions of faith but are marginalised by mainstream Christianity, regardless of denomination. ![]()
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