Contents

List of Figures vii

Preface ix
Contributor's Memorial xi
List of Contributors xiii

Introduction: Making an Invisible Diaspora Visible 1

Knut A. Jacobs en and Selva J. Raj

PART ONE EUROPE

1 South Asian Christians in the UK 17

Eleanor Nesbitt

2 Religion as an Arena for the Expression of Identity:

Roman Catholic Pondicherrians in France 39
Brigitte Sebastia

3 The Seventieth Anniversary of 'John Matthew':

On 'Indian' Christians in Germany 57
Urmila Go el

4 Seeking the Blessing of the Consolatrix Afflictomnr.

The Annual Pilgrimage of Sri Lankan Tamils to the Madonna in
Kevelaer (Germany) 75
Brigitte Luchesi

5 Perpetuating Religious and Social Concepts in the Extended

Motherland: Tamil Christians in Berne (Switzerland) 97
Damaris Ltithi

6 Creating Sri Lankan Tamil Catholic Space in the South Asian

Diaspora in Norway 117
Knut A. Jacobs en

7 Goans and Damanians in Portugal: An Overview of a Singular

Diaspora 133
Helena Maria Mauricio C. Sant 'ana
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8 Surinamese East Indian Christians in the Netherlands 155

Freek L. Bakker

PART TWO NORTH AMERICA

9 The Culture of Asian Indian Catholicism in North America 171

Elizabeth Cameron Galbraith

10 New Land, New Challenges: The Role of Religion in the

Acculturation of Syro-Malabar Catholics in Chicago 183
Selva J. Raj

11 Indian Christians and Marriage Patterns 197

Farha Ternikar

12 Doing Friendship, Making Contacts and Building Trust:

Christian Indian Responses to Religious Diversity 209
Nori Henk

13 From Hinduism to Christianity, from India to New York:

Bondage and Exodus Experiences in the Lives of Indian Dalit
Christians in the Diaspora 223
Rachel Fell McDermott

Conclusion: South Asian Christians in the West 249

Raymond Brady Williams

Index 265