The caste system among South Asian Christians often reflects stratification by sect, location, and the caste of their predecessors. There exists evidence...

Islam portal Caste system among South Asian Christians Caste system in India Caste-related violence in India Islam in South Asia Islam in India Pasmanda...

Hindus. A further 5.8% were Christian, and the remainder Muslim or "not stated". Caste system among South Asian Christians Upper cloth revolt Sambandam...

like a king” — Philipose Vettamala, Vettamala Gananga Caste system among South Asian Christians Dalit theology "Minority affairs" (PDF). Archived from...

(Full Gospel) in India, and The Pentecostal Mission. Caste system among South Asian Christians Goan Catholics East Indian Catholics Mangalorean Catholics...

etymological connection between the Latin American casta system and South Asian caste systems (the former giving its name to the latter), it is controversial...

The Saint Thomas Christians, also called Syrian Christians of India, Marthoma Suriyani Nasrani, Malankara Nasrani, or Nasrani Mappila, are an ethno-religious...

earliest conception of caste among Indian Christians comes from Kerala, called Saint Thomas Christians (or "Syrian Christians"). Duncan Forrester observes...

The Maratha caste is composed of 96 clans, originally formed in the earlier centuries from the amalgamation of families from the peasant (Kunbi), shepherd...

Kapu is a Hindu caste primarily found in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh. Kapus are classified as a Forward caste, and are a community of land-owning...

The Udayar is a title used by multiple caste in the state of Tamil Nadu, India. According to Selva Raj, the Udayar are not "socially humbler" than the...

In 2010, South Asia had the world's largest population of Hindus, about 510 million Muslims, over 27 million Sikhs, 35 million Christians and over 25 million...

The caste systems in Sri Lanka are social stratification systems found among the ethnic groups of the island since ancient times. The models are similar...

Broadly, Indian castes are divided into the Forward Castes, Other Backward Classes, Scheduled Castes, and Scheduled Tribes. Indian Christians and Indian Muslims...

The caste system in Goa consists of various Jātis or sub-castes found among Hindus belonging to the four varnas (Brahmin, Kshatriya, Vaishya, and Shudra)...

Nadar (also referred to as Nadan, Shanar and Shanan) is a Tamil caste of India. Nadars are predominant in the districts of Kanyakumari, Thoothukudi, Tirunelveli...

others being Muslims, Sikhs and Hindus. Punjabi Christians are traditionally divided into various castes, and are largely descendants of Hindus who converted...

Kamma is a largely Hindu caste from South India. The community of Kammas is believed to have originated from agriculturists of the Kammanadu region of...

The specifics of the caste systems in Africa vary among the ethnic groups. Some societies have a rigid and strict caste system with embedded slavery...

N.; Bheel, R.F.; Balakrishnan, P. (2018). Caste in the United States. A Survey of Caste among South Asian Americans (Report). Equality Labs, USA. Lerche...

The Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes are officially designated groups of people and among the most disadvantaged socio-economic groups in India. The...

South Asia population, while Buddhists, Jains, Christians, and Sikhs constitute most of the rest. The Hindus, Buddhists, Jains, Sikhs, and Christians...

classifications of the population of India, along with general castes, Scheduled Castes and Scheduled Tribes (SCs and STs). The OBCs were found to comprise...

express a position on caste equity.” Caste system among South Asian Muslims Caste system in India Caste system in Nepal Caste system in Sri Lanka Discrimination...

applied to almost all of the Christians in the country, whom John O'Brien describes as "descended from one tribe-caste of oppressed and excluded people"...

countries in Asia with a total Christian population of more than 295 million. As of 2021, there are nearly 383 million Christians in Asia. Christianity...

and middle class Goan Christians and Anglo-Indians. As Punjabi Christians are mainly Dalit Christians—descendants of lower-caste Hindus who converted during...

postulated that colonial society operated under a hierarchical race-based "caste system". From the outset, colonial Spanish America resulted in widespread intermarriage:...

Chamar (or Jatav) is a community classified as a Scheduled Caste under modern India's system of affirmative action that originated from the group of trade...

Martyr states: "Whatever things were rightly said among all men, are the property of us Christians". The Church has assimilated many (though not all)...