ENCOUNTER OF HINDUS WITH THE ANCIENT THOMAS CHRISTIANS IN KERALA
Keywords:
St. Thomas Christians, Early Hindu Christian Coexistence, Hindu Christian Encounter, Religio-Political InteractionsAbstract
Though the St.Thomas Christians are spread throughout India and abroad today, I find it difficult to analyse the whole situation. Hence I have restricted the study to Kerala only. One cannot make anamorphousentity like Hindu is men counter the concrete reality of St.Thomas Christians as a group of living human beings. Therefore I have put 'Hindus' instead of 'Hinduism' in the title. I was born in Trivandrum, Capital of Kerala state and I have been living in the state ever since. I have interacted with St.Thomas Christians at different levels. Perhaps this is the only credential for my writing the present article.
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