Untouchable Bodies, Resistance, and Liberation: A Comparative Theology of Divine Possessions, by Joshua Samuel
Journal of World Christianity August 1, 2023 Binu Mamparampil Varghese
In Untouchable Bodies, Joshua Samuel asks the reader to reenvision embodied Dalit lives differently through a Hindu-Christian interreligious comparison. It is a scholar’s journey in his corporeal self and collectively in the bodies of the Paraiyar people of South India. From the disciplined and subdued bodies of Paraiyars, Samuel offers an insider perspective of how resistance and subversion...