Christian History

Issue 87

Christianity in India: A Faith of Many Colors

Originally published in 2005

Christian History magazine was published by Christianity Today from 1982 to 2008.

Articles in this Issue

Turning Point

Edinburgh 1910: A Faith for All the World

India: Did You Know?

Interesting facts about Christianity in India

Living History

Rediscovered Bach aria, buried Saxon church, and digitizing one of the world’s oldest New Testament manuscripts

Jesus Was Her Guru

If you don’t know the inner strength of an Indian woman with a divine call, you haven’t met Pandita Ramabai.

The Trailblazer

The first evangelical missionary to India set out to prove that the gospel does not destroy culture but transforms it from within.

The Faith “Goes Native”

How indigenous Christian movements radically transformed entire communities.

A Church Reborn

Catholicism emerged out of decline and disarray to become the largest Christian community in India.

Brahman Christians

How do Christian beliefs relate to Indian philosophy and culture? These Indian thinkers came up with different answers.

Wanderer for Christ

Combining the lifestyle of an ascetic “holy man” with the devotion of a Christian visionary, Sadhu Sundar Singh became for many a symbol of authentically Indian Christianity.

Hope for Outcastes

For India’s “untouchable” Christians, relating their faith to the surrounding culture was no simple matter.

Bringing Peace to Paradise

British missionary John Williams pioneered the spread of Christianity in the South Pacific by employing the zeal of Polynesian converts.

J.S. Bach

For the Glory of God

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