Asian Catholicism and Migration: A Historical Case Study of Telugu Migration in Colonial India

Confront the defining paradox of our time: the clash between the cosmopolitan dream of a ‘global family’ and the harsh realities of nationalism, landlessness, and the ‘sons of the soil’ narrative. This volume explores how faith and organised religion anchor migrants through these crises, specifically examining Telugu migration and Jesuit history between suppression and restoration. Drawing on unpublished historical data and situating the microhistory of the Telugu community within the frame...