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Anbu Nagar is a Dalit slum in the industrial sprawl of north Chennai. Attempting to grasp the connections between religion and everyday life in Anbu Nagar, Nathaniel Roberts shows us how what goes on in the street and at home gives meaning to religionand not just the reverse, as commonly supposed. To Be Cared For contests nationalist narratives of Christianity as a forei Anbu Nagar is a Dalit slum in the industrial sprawl of north Chennai. Attempting to grasp the connections between religion and everyday life in Anbu Nagar, Nathaniel Roberts shows us how what goes on in the street and at home gives meaning to religionand not just the reverse, as commonly supposed. To Be Cared For contests nationalist narratives of Christianity as a foreign ideology that disrupts local communities. Far from being a divisive force, conversion integrates the slum communityChristians and Hindus alikeby mending moral fault lines that subtly pit women against one another, and by fortifying slum dwellers in their shared struggle for humanity in a national context that denies it.
Anbu Nagar is a Dalit slum in the industrial sprawl of north Chennai. Attempting to grasp the connections between religion and everyday life in Anbu Nagar, Nathaniel Roberts shows us how what goes on in the street and at home gives meaning to religionand not just the reverse, as commonly supposed. To Be Cared For contests nationalist narratives of Christianity as a forei Anbu Nagar is a Dalit slum in the industrial sprawl of north Chennai. Attempting to grasp the connections between religion and everyday life in Anbu Nagar, Nathaniel Roberts shows us how what goes on in the street... Read More