Neill, Stephen

A history of Christianity in India 1707-1858 / by Stephen Neill. - Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 1985. - xvii, 578 p. ; 23 cm.

Notes: p. 474-540; bibliogr.: p. 541-562; index: p. 563-578.

Contents: India and political change, 1706-86 -- The Tranquebar mission -- The Thomas Christians in decline and recovery -- Roman Catholic missions -- Anglicans and others -- The suppression of the Jesuits -- The new rulers and the Indian peoples -- Government, Indians and missions -- Bengal, 1794-1833 -- New beginnings in the South -- The Thomas Christians in light and shade -- Anglican development -- The recovery of the Roman Catholic missions -- Education and the Christian mission -- Protestant expansion in India -- Indian society and the Christian message -- Towards an Indian church -- The great uprising.

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