South Asia Research and
Information Institute, Dallas, &
Asian Studies, Southern
Methodist University
present a one-day conference on
Conversion, Caste, and Coexistence:
Christianity in South India
9:00
AM - 5:00 PM
Saturday, September 28, 2013
McCord Auditorium, Dallas Hall, Southern Methodist University
Featuring
At the Limit of Understanding:
The 17th-Century Jesuit Critique of Rebirth
(punarjanma)
Dr. Francis X. Clooney, S.J.,
Harvard University, Cambridge,
Massachusetts
Brothers and
Sisters on Earth and in Heaven:
Kerala’s Hindu-Christian Coexistence
Dr. Corinne Dempsey, Nazareth College, Rochester, New York
Anglicanism and 'The Lutheran Aggression:'
Conflicts over Caste, Class, and Conversion
in South India
Dr.
Robert E. Frykenberg, University of Wisconsin - Madison (emeritus)
Social and Religious Experience of Dalit Christians
in Kerala:
A Historical Analysis
Dr. Sanal Mohan, Mahatma Gandhi University,
Kottayam, India
How Should We Understand Caste Oppression?
Indian Elites, Missionaries,
and Dalits
Dr.
Rupa Viswanath, University of Göttingen, Germany
Chaired by
Dr. Jill DeTemple, Southern Methodist University
Registration is closed.
Conference parking is free in the lot north of Dallas Hall on Daniel Avenue. For Directions to Southern
Methodist University, see http://sarii.org/directions.html
For more information, visit www.sarii.org or email christianity@sarii.org.
Special
thanks to Dr. Steven Lindquist and Southern Methodist University's
Department of Religious Studies