Mission and Tamil Society

Henriette Bugge

List of Maps -- List of Figures -- List of Tables -- Acknowledgements -- Introductory Note -- Approach to the Study -- The Area: South Arcot District -- Geographical Features -- Divine Kingship -- Warrior Kings -- Arcot under Muslim Rule -- The Colonial Administration -- The Third Zone -- The Missionary Societies -- Portuguese and Jesuits -- Societe des Missions Etrang&res de Paris -- The First Protestant Missions -- The Danish Missionary Society -- The Central Issues -- The Intermediaries: Native Priests and Catechists -- The Organizational Framework -- The Recruitment of Catechists and Native Clergy -- The Education of the Catechists and Native Priests -- The Question of Leadership -- Maintaining Church Discipline -- The Concept of Sin -- The Means of Control -- Religious Processions -- Suffering and Possession -- Missionaries and Mass Movements -- The Mass Movements -- The Area of the DMS Mass Movements -- Changes in the Urukoilur area -- Reactions to Change -- The Danish Missionaries and the Mass Movements -- The Area of the MEP Mass Movements -- Changes in the Area of MEP Mass Movements -- The French Mission and the Mass Movements -- Conclusion -- Glossary -- Sources and References -- Unpublished Sources -- Printed Sources -- Magazines and Journals -- Missionary Conferences -- Missionary Tracts, Memoirs, etc -- Monographs and Articles -- Index.