To Be Cared For: The Power of Conversion and Foreignness of Belonging in an Indian Slum (The Anthropology of Christianity Book 20)

To Be Cared For offers a unique perspective on the moral and conceptual world of slum-bound Dalits in South India, challenging dominant anthropological understandings of religion as a matter of culture and identity.

Through an in-depth examination of locally specific forms of Pentecostal Christianity, Nathaniel Roberts reveals how conversion integrates the slum community by addressing hidden moral fault lines that pit residents against one another in a national context that renders Dalits outsiders in their own land.

This groundbreaking work is a major contribution to the anthropology of Christianity and religion more broadly, as well as gender, class, and postcolonialism.

Don't miss out on this thought-provoking and insightful exploration of the complexities of identity, community, and salvation in South India.