Historical Approaches of Christian Mission in India: Christian Mission Among the Tangkhul Nagas (en Inglés)
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The entire Research of this thesis is based on the historical approaches of Christian mission in India and in particular among the Tangkhul Nagas of North East India. This chapter begins by exploring the purpose of the study on a three principle issue such as foreign incursion and their contributions, the origin of Christianity and the Influence of western views, traditional aspects, and socio-political characteristics of Indian Christianity will cover in this studies. Chapter two, open the coming of Aryans, invasion to India by Alexander the Great, follows by various groups such as the Scythians, the Huns, the Arabians, Persians, Afghans, and East India Company has colonized India. They have also contributed to the growth of socio-political, cultural, education, and religion in India too. The arrival of Christianity has become one of the major questions in terms of origin. The Apostolate of Apostle Thomas and Apostle Bartholomeus origin of Christianity to India has been discussed in this chapter. By traditional views, western views and church father, scholars, and Apostle Thomas Christians. After considering all the evidence concluded that Apostle Thomas from 52 A.D till 72 A, D. became the Apostolate of Indian first origin. In the third chapter, the influence of the Roman Catholic mission to India was a part of the universal Catholic Church under the guidance of the Pope and the curia in Rome. The arrival of Portuguese in the southern part of India invites the missionary to India. And the age of monks which influence in trying to find meaning in contemplation by seeking spiritual practice in which one leaves worldly quests to fully devote one's life to spiritual life. The Jesuit Mission, by Francis Xavier a missionary who joined with Ignatius Loyola and five others brotherhood known as "Jesuits" or "Society of Jesus" on 15th August 1534, started the mission which was approved in 1540 by the Pope. It was under the Padroado that sent Xavier to India in 1541, carrying the letter of approval from the Pope as an appointing Apostle. Chapter four, explains the Protestant Mission in India on (Halle-Mission), the Serampore Mission (William Carey) and other denominations during the 18th and 19th Century. The conditions of the missions entered, encountered and transformation in the field of literature, education, social impact and Socio-cultural encounter by the missionaries. In Chapter five, the arrival of William Pettigrew as a missionary was first invited by the Anglican Mission in Calcutta. In 1894, Pettigrew converted to Baptist Faith and he joins the Assam Conference in 1895 and was appointed as Missionary to Manipur State. And the formation of North-East Christianity under which major Protestant Christianity work together by establishing the field works. This has been brought under the ministry of the Council of Baptist Churches in North East India (CBCNEI).
