Caste system among South Asian Christians

The caste system among South Asian Christians often reflects stratification by sect, location, and the caste of their predecessors.[1] There exists evidence to show that Christian individuals have mobility within their respective castes.[2] But, in some cases, social inertia caused by their old traditions and biases against other castes remain, causing caste system to persist among South Asian Christians, to some extent.[3][4][5][6][7][8][9] Christian priests, nuns, Dalits and similar groups are found in India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, and Nepal.[10]

  1. ^ Christian Castes Archived 2006-11-29 at the Wayback Machine Encyclopædia Britannica
  2. ^ Fuller, C. J. (March 1976). "Kerala Christians and the Caste System". Man. New series. 11 (1): 53–70. doi:10.2307/2800388. JSTOR 2800388.
  3. ^ Aqeel, Asif; Faruqi, Sama (26 February 2018). "Caste away: The ongoing struggle of Punjabi Christians". Herald Magazine. Retrieved 25 May 2021.
  4. ^ Cite error: The named reference Khadka2016 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  5. ^ "Christian caste". Encyclopædia Britannica. Retrieved 14 June 2015.
  6. ^ Struggle for justice to Untouchable Christians Brojendra Nath Banerjee, Uiliyāma Kerī Sṭāḍi eyāṇḍ Risārca Seṇṭāra. Page 42: "At stake is the fate of 16 million Christians of SC origin, who form 70–80 percent of the Christians in the country"
  7. ^ Carol Henderson Garcia, Carol E. Henderson 2002:40 "Today about 70 percent of Christians are Dalits"
  8. ^ Radhakrishnan 2005:23
  9. ^ Azariah 1985:5
  10. ^ Panchanan Mohanty; Ramesh C. Malik; Eswarappa Kasi (2009). Ethnographic discourse of the other: conceptual and methodological issues. Cambridge Scholars. pp. 39–116.