Kali Charan Banerjee

Kali Charan Banurji
Kali Charan Banurji
	c. 1900
Personal details
Born	1847; Jabalpur, Madhya Pradesh
Died	1907
Political party	Indian National Congress

Kali Charan Banerjee (1847–1907), spelt also as Kalicharan Banerji or K.C. Banerjea or K.C. Banurji, was a Bengali convert to Christianity through the Free Church of Scotland, the founder of Calcutta Christo Samaj, a Calcutta lawyer, and a founding member of the Indian National Congress.^[1]^[2]^[3] ^[4]

^ [B.R. Barber, Kali Charan Banurji: Brahmin, Christian, Saint (Madras: Christian Literature Society, 1912), p.20]
^ "Christians and the Indian National Movement: A Historical Perspective" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012. In 1887, K. C Banerji and Shome formed the 'Calcutta Christo Samaj' which was a Christian parallel to the Brahmo Samaj
^ "Uncapping the Springs of Localization: Christian Acculturation in South India in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by M. Christhu Doss" (PDF). mgutheses.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012. The growing Indian national movement in Bengal, which later came to be called the "Bengal storm"40 by Stephen Neill, made an indelible mark on the intelligentsia of Indian Christianity. For many of the leaders of socio-religious movements, Christianity was closely linked with imperialism, which later resulted in the revival and reassertion of Hinduism in conscious opposition to Christianity.41 Nevertheless, a number of educated Christians, both Indian and foreign theologians including Kali Charan Banerjee, Sathianadhan, K. T. Paul, Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Whitehead, C.F. Andrews, Appasamy, Chenchiah, and Vengal Chakkarai, became critical not only of the British raj but of the Western captivity of the Indian church at large.
^ "Rethinking "Rethinking"" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2012. KaIi Charan Banurji and 1. G Shome, both BengaIis about whom more will be said below under "new church attempts," spoke for a radical change in the way Christianity functioned in India.

[1] [B.R. Barber, Kali Charan Banurji: Brahmin, Christian, Saint (Madras: Christian Literature Society, 1912), p.20]

[R3-2] "Christians and the Indian National Movement: A Historical Perspective" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 13 May 2012. In 1887, K. C Banerji and Shome formed the 'Calcutta Christo Samaj' which was a Christian parallel to the Brahmo Samaj

[ird-3] "Uncapping the Springs of Localization: Christian Acculturation in South India in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries, by M. Christhu Doss" (PDF). mgutheses.in. Archived from the original (PDF) on 26 December 2011. Retrieved 14 May 2012. The growing Indian national movement in Bengal, which later came to be called the "Bengal storm"40 by Stephen Neill, made an indelible mark on the intelligentsia of Indian Christianity. For many of the leaders of socio-religious movements, Christianity was closely linked with imperialism, which later resulted in the revival and reassertion of Hinduism in conscious opposition to Christianity.41 Nevertheless, a number of educated Christians, both Indian and foreign theologians including Kali Charan Banerjee, Sathianadhan, K. T. Paul, Vedanayagam Samuel Azariah, Whitehead, C.F. Andrews, Appasamy, Chenchiah, and Vengal Chakkarai, became critical not only of the British raj but of the Western captivity of the Indian church at large.

[ban-4] "Rethinking "Rethinking"" (PDF). biblicalstudies.org.uk. Retrieved 14 May 2012. KaIi Charan Banurji and 1. G Shome, both BengaIis about whom more will be said below under "new church attempts," spoke for a radical change in the way Christianity functioned in India.

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