Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Articles Article Faculty Publications -Articles Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Religions, Women and Discourse of Modernity in Colonial South India Subject The topic of the resource Christianity; colonialism; gender; Hinduism; missionary modernity; Nadars; Nairs; tradition Description An account of the resource Colonial education and missionary discourse of modernity intensified struggles for continuity and change among the followers of Hinduism and Christianity in nineteenth century India. While missionary modernity was characterised by an emphasis on sociocultural changes among the marginalized women through Christian norms of decency, orthodox Hindus used traditional cultural practices to confront missionary modernization endeavours. This article posits that the discourse of missionary modernity needs to be understood through the principles of Western secular modernity that impelled missionaries to employ decent clothing as a symbol of Christian femininity. It argues that missionary modernity not only emboldened the marginalized women to challenge their ascribed sociocultural standing but also solidified communitarian consciousness among the followers of Hinduism and Christianity substantially. Even though Travancore state defended the entrenched customary practices, including womens attire patterns, with all its potency through authoritative proclamations, it could not dissuade missionaries from converting the marginalized women to missionary modernity. 2022 by the author. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Doss M.C. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Religions, Vol-13, No. 12 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available MDPI Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 2022-01-01 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context <a href="https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13121225" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://doi.org/10.3390/rel13121225</a> <br /><br /><a href="https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144404453&amp;doi=10.3390%2Frel13121225&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=13fc8bad2c940fd5f62be49324cdd7ef" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer noopener">https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85144404453&amp;doi=10.3390%2frel13121225&amp;partnerID=40&amp;md5=13fc8bad2c940fd5f62be49324cdd7ef</a> Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource All Open Access; Gold Open Access Relation A related resource ISSN: 20771444 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource Online Language A language of the resource English Type The nature or genre of the resource Article Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant Doss M.C., School of Social Sciences, Christ University, Bengaluru, 560029, India