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3.2. Pentecostal Beginnings in Rajasthan..................................................................................103
3.2.1 The Arrival of the Pentecostal Message ..........................................................................106
3.2.2. Local Revivals................................................................................................................111
3.2.3. South Indian Pentecostals and the Pentecostal Movement .............................................115
3.3. Contemporary Pentecostalism in Rajasthan......................................................................123
3.3.1. Pentecostal Concentration ..............................................................................................123
3.3.2. A Predominantly Tribal Religion ...................................................................................126
3.3.3. A Growing Christian Sector ...........................................................................................130
3.3.4. A Rajasthani Movement .................................................................................................133
3.4. Theological Features of Pentecostalism in Rajasthan .......................................................135
3.4.1. Spirituality......................................................................................................................136
3.4.2. Pneumatology.................................................................................................................139
3.4.3. Ecclesiology ...................................................................................................................142
3.4.4. Eschatology ....................................................................................................................143
3.4.5. Missiology......................................................................................................................145
3.5. Pentecostals and Non-Pentecostals in Rajasthan...............................................................156
3.5.1. Pentecostal and Non-Pentecostal Divide........................................................................156
3.5.2. Pentecostal Impact on Christianity .................................................................................158
3.5.3. Pentecostals and Ecumenical Attempt............................................................................162
3.6. Conclusion.............................................................................................................................165
CHAPTER 4........................................................................................... 167
PENTECOSTALISM AND THE RELIGIO-POLITICAL CONTEXT ....... 167
4.1. Pentecostals: A Minority in Rajasthan...............................................................................167
4.1.1. Minority Status in India..................................................................................................168
4.1.2. Minority Welfare and Rights..........................................................................................169
4.1.3. Pentecostals and the Minority Complex.........................................................................171
4.1.4. Minority Pentecostals as Nation Builders.......................................................................172
4.1.5. Minority Crisis ...............................................................................................................176
4.2. Religious Intolerance............................................................................................................183
4.3. Hindutva and Religio-Cultural Nationalism......................................................................190
4.4. The Nexus between Politics and Religion...........................................................................198
4.5. The Issue of Conversion and Persecution ..........................................................................209
4.6. Conclusion.............................................................................................................................225
CHAPTER 5........................................................................................... 226
ECCLESIAL ISSUES FACING PENTECOSTALISM............................ 226
5.1. The Socio-economic Status of Pentecostals ........................................................................226
5.2. Denominationalism...............................................................................................................232