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When I began the research that led to this book, I spent some time visiting the office of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India on Baba Kharak Singh Marg, New Delhi. After receiving me and my inept queries with a great deal of grace and kindness, Fr. X, whose name is not important in this context, probed gently about the extent of my theological knowledge. For a start, he suggested that I explain to him the difference between Christian and Hindu ideas about incarnation. Since I failed to provide a satisfactory response, he wondered aloud how I could be trusted to understand the inspiration behind the public and political stands taken by Christians in India.
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Chatterjee, N. (2011). Rethinking Christianity: Formulating Their Faith. In: The Making of Indian Secularism. Cambridge Imperial and Post-Colonial Studies Series. Palgrave Macmillan, London. https://doi.org/10.1057/9780230298088_8
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