Gospel and Culture in North East India A Missiological and Anthropological Study from Zeliangrong Perspective

includes index and biblioraphy

1. The Zeliangrong Nagas and their Land ......1 Zeliangrong and their habitation ...........1 Socio-Political and Cultural Life ...........5 Economic Life .......9 Religious Belief and Practices ...10 Values highly Regarded in Zeliangrong society ..12 2. The Advent of Christianity to the Zeliangrong Nagas ........17 Zeliangrong Prople and Christianity ...........18 Formation of Zeliangrong baptist Association .......23 Division of the Zeliangrong Baptist Church Council........25 Other Denominational Church Traditions.......29 3. The Encounter/ Interaction between the Zeliangrong culture and Christianity .......33 Relation of Gospel and Culture .............35 Encounter between the Zeliangrong, Culture and Christianity .............................36 Resurgence of Traditional Elements in Zeliangrong christianity .........47 Cultural continuity among the zeliangrong Christians ....50 Third Factor in the Interaction of the Zeliangrong Christianity and Culture: Modernization .............55 4. Present Zeliangrong Christianity and Mission : Challenges of Identity ..............61 H. Richard Niebuhr`s Propositions ...........62 Looking at the Present state of Zeliangrong christians through Niebuhr`s Propositions ......65 Confused Identity in the face of Modernity .......68 Looking at the Mission of the Zeliangrong Baptist church Association through Niebuhr`s Propositions ......70 5. Towards a Meaningful Indigenous Zeliangrong Christianity and Relevant Contextual Mission .....77 Indigenous Zeliangrong Christianity ...78 Integration of Christian Faith, Culture and Modernity .....78