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Write short note: Caste among Indian Christians.

  • UPSC 2000
  • Caste System

Christianity in India was often embraced as an escape from caste, yet converts carried their caste with them. The great majority of Indian Christians descend from Dalit and tribal converts, and the hierarchy dividing them from older Christian elites is among the clearest proofs that caste is a social structure rather than a Hindu doctrine.

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  • Conversion without dissolution
  • The Kerala pattern
  • Caste inside the church
  • The constitutional exclusion
  • Conclusion

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