Analysis Of Evangelism: Controversies On Continuity Of Indigeneity
Evangelism: Controversies on Continuity of Indigeneity
“Those who are not practicing the traditional Santali rituals, not observing baha (spring festival) and sohrea (harvest festival), they are not anymore Santals. They are Christians” said Silis Murmu, one of the village community members of Situngtola village who is following the traditional Santali religion.
“There are no Adivasi (indigenous) people anymore, once they were Adivasi. All are now Christian” commented by Muslemuddin, one of the inhabitants near to the Santali village, who is a Muslim Bengali.
“What is our religion, follower of traditional belief or Christian? It does not matter. I think we are Santals by ethnic identity, because we all belong to our Santal clan, either …show more content…
However, the affiliation to the Christianity is the main agenda in relation to negating indigeneity in the above alluded oral discourses. According to the Foucauldian understanding, discourse creates knowledge and knowledge is produced by discourse. The discourses are multidimensional, connected with power and knowledge. It is a mean of social communication, the production of discourse follows social procedures and negotiates with the practices of language, dialogues and dialects within the community (Foucault, 1972). According to Foucault, discourse also constitutes power relations and encounters others relationships. Santal’s discourses about “indigeneity” and “identity” are produced in everyday life and generate knowledge as well express influence of the hegemonic power …show more content…
Therefore, the contested comments derived the questions -can evangelized Santals claim indigeneity? If so, what are the arguments to claim the indigeneity? How Santals conciliate between traditional cultural practices and evangelic expansion? Indeed, to analyze the controversies on indigenous Santali identity, the historical evolvement of evangelism among Santals has to be discussed. This section illustrates the discussion on the evangelic expansion among Santals in concerning the relationship between traditional and Christian Santals. The discussion investigates how evangelism contributes to reproduce Santal
“Those who are not practicing the traditional Santali rituals, not observing baha (spring festival) and sohrea (harvest festival), they are not anymore Santals. They are Christians” said Silis Murmu, one of the village community members of Situngtola village who is following the traditional Santali religion.
“There are no Adivasi (indigenous) people anymore, once they were Adivasi. All are now Christian” commented by Muslemuddin, one of the inhabitants near to the Santali village, who is a Muslim Bengali.
“What is our religion, follower of traditional belief or Christian? It does not matter. I think we are Santals by ethnic identity, because we all belong to our Santal clan, either …show more content…
However, the affiliation to the Christianity is the main agenda in relation to negating indigeneity in the above alluded oral discourses. According to the Foucauldian understanding, discourse creates knowledge and knowledge is produced by discourse. The discourses are multidimensional, connected with power and knowledge. It is a mean of social communication, the production of discourse follows social procedures and negotiates with the practices of language, dialogues and dialects within the community (Foucault, 1972). According to Foucault, discourse also constitutes power relations and encounters others relationships. Santal’s discourses about “indigeneity” and “identity” are produced in everyday life and generate knowledge as well express influence of the hegemonic power …show more content…
Therefore, the contested comments derived the questions -can evangelized Santals claim indigeneity? If so, what are the arguments to claim the indigeneity? How Santals conciliate between traditional cultural practices and evangelic expansion? Indeed, to analyze the controversies on indigenous Santali identity, the historical evolvement of evangelism among Santals has to be discussed. This section illustrates the discussion on the evangelic expansion among Santals in concerning the relationship between traditional and Christian Santals. The discussion investigates how evangelism contributes to reproduce Santal