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Sculpting God's Image: How Indigenous Faiths Are Resisting Christian Missionaries In Arunachal

Swarajya Staff

Feb 04, 2025, 02:01 PM | Updated 02:19 PM IST


The Story Of A Pushback

A temple dedicated to Donyi (sun) and Polo (moon).
A temple dedicated to Donyi (sun) and Polo (moon).

Dear reader,

In a recent article the Washington Post has gone after those trying to protect indigenous tribal faiths from predatory Christian evangelism.

Purely as a matter of coincidence Nabaarun Barooah and I had plotted some days ago to tell the exact same story for you.

How did some of the local tribes worshipping their own deities get protected? Who helped them? What happens when ‘mainstream’ reaches the ‘tribals’?

In today’s essay Nabaarun Barooah tells you the entire story.

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Amar Govindarajan

Publisher

PS: We’re not done with the topic.


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