Emerging Religious Identities of Arunachal Pradesh : A Study of Nyishi Tribe

Contents: Foreword. Preface. Acknowledgement. 1. Introduction. 2. Traditional religious belief system. 3. Economy--continuity and change. 4. Emergence of Nyishi identity. 5. Emerging Christian identity. 6. Religious identity based on indigenous tradition. 7. Concluding remarks without conclusions. Appendices. Glossary of Nyishi words. Bibliography. Index.

"This book deals with emerging religious identities and transformations taking place for the last five decades in Arunachal Pradesh with specific research on the Nyishi tribe. Ethno-historic method has been followed to capture the imagination and process of changes in the society. A factual narrative with condensed interpretations have been mutually embedded in a lucid and comprehensive manner. The book is first of its kind and covers exhaustively the entire gamut of the subject. Apart from its importance and utility in the world of academic, it will also benefit the common readers and researchers." (jacket)