Works Citing A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel

Works Citing A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel is a bibliographic collection of books, journal articles, theses, reports, and other publications that cite the works of A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel. The references range from brief footnotes and bibliography mentions to substantial academic engagement with his writings.

Methodology

Each citation entry is assigned a unique identifier in the format TSAP-AMAA-CIT-0001.

The numbering sequence does not necessarily indicate chronology, importance, or frequency of citation. Numbers are assigned sequentially as entries are added to the catalogue.

Entries are based only on verifiable citations. Where publication details or bibliographic information remain incomplete, the catalogue intentionally avoids speculation or reconstruction beyond the available evidence.

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Citing work: A Comparative Sociology of World Religions: Virtuosos, Priests, and Popular Religion

Author: Stephen Sharot

Publication details: New York: New York University Press, 2001. ISBN 0-8147-9804-7. ISBN 0-8147-9805-5 (paperback).

Cited work:

  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel. The Sacred in Popular Hinduism. Madras: The Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, 1983.

Citation details: Cited multiple times in the notes to Chapter 5, "India: Brahmans, Renouncers, and Popular Hinduism," in discussions relating to karma, ritual hierarchy, temple worship, sacred power, purity, local deities, and popular Hindu religious practice. Specific cited pages include pp. 30–40, 43–44, 54–58, 128, 133–34, 137, 142–43, 145, and 161–62.

Note: The work is cited in footnotes 26, 29, 38, 40, 42, 56, and 57 of Chapter 5, and is also included in the bibliography under the surname form "Ayrookuzhiel, A. M. Abraham."

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Citing work: A. J. Appasamy and His Reading of Rāmānuja: A Comparative Study in Divine Embodiment

Author: Brian Dunn

Publication details: Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2016. First edition. ISBN 978-0-19-879141-6.

Cited work:

  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel. Essays on Dalits, Religion and Liberation. Bangalore: Christian Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, 2006, p. 3.

Citation details: Cited in discussion of Dalit theological critiques of A. J. Appasamy. Ayrookuzhiel is quoted as describing Appasamy's point of reference as rooted in "dominant, Brahmanical religious traditions".

Note: Citation appears in footnote 169 and the cited work is also included in the bibliography.

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Citing work: An Asian Introduction to the New Testament

Editor: Johnson Thomaskutty

Publication details: Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022. Print ISBN 978-1-5064-6269-1. eBook ISBN 978-1-5064-6270-7.

Cited work:

  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel, "A Proposal for the Study of the Religious Heritage of the Dalits: Some Methodological Considerations," in Essays on Dalits, Religion and Liberation (Bangalore: Asia Trading Corporation, 2006), 24–31.
  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel, "Religion and Culture in Dalits' Struggle for Liberation," in Essays on Dalits, 62–63.
  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel, "Dalits' Challenges to Religious Systems–A People Ignored by Church History," in Essays on Dalits, 134.

Citation details: Cited in discussions of religious colonisation, caste oppression, Brahmanical assimilation, and the hybridisation of Dalit and caste Hindu religious traditions in Kerala. The cited works are used to discuss the assimilation of Dalit shrines, deities, worship patterns, and protest traditions into Brahmanical religious systems.

Note: Citations appear in substantive discussion and in footnotes 60 and 61 of Chapter 10. Multiple chapter-level works from Essays on Dalits, Religion and Liberation are cited together across consecutive notes.

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Citing work: Becoming Indian: Towards an Indian Contextual Ecclesiology

Author: Vijaya Joji Babu Valle

Publication details: Doctoral dissertation (Ph.D. in Theology/S.T.D.), Faculty of Theology, Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, 2010.

Cited work:

  • A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel, "The Religious Resources of the Dalits in the Context of their Struggle," in Essays in Celebration of the CISRS Silver Jubilee, edited by S. K. Chatterji (Madras: CLS, 1983), 35–48.
  • A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel, "Christian Dalits in Revolt." Jeevadhara 23 (1993): 267–273.
  • A. M. A. Ayrookuzhiel, "A Proposal for the Study of the Religious Heritage of Dalits: Some Methodological Considerations." Religion and Society 42:1 (1995): 17–28.

Citation details: Cited in discussions relating to Dalit Christian movements, Indian subaltern religiosity, anti-caste religious traditions, and the use of subaltern religious resources in Dalit Christian inculturation. The dissertation also references Ayrookuzhiel's discussion of local Dalit heroes in Kerala who later became objects of worship.

Note: Ayrookuzhiel is referenced across footnotes 120, 370, and 605. All three cited works also appear in the bibliography.

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Citing work: Beyond Dalit Theology: Searching for New Frontiers

Author: Paulson Pulikottil

Publication details: Minneapolis: Fortress Press, 2022. Print ISBN 978-1-5064-7885-2. eBook ISBN 978-1-5064-7886-9.

Cited work:

  • A. M. Abraham Ayrookuzhiel, "Dalits Move towards the Ideology of 'Nationality,'" in A Reader in Dalit Theology (Madras: Gurukul Lutheran Theological College, 1990), 169–180.

Citation details: Cited in discussion of caste, Dalit consciousness, Brahmanical religion, and the social construction of inequality in India. Ayrookuzhiel is specifically referenced in relation to the argument that Dalits are guided by "a mythological consciousness promoted by the Brahmanical religion." The cited page is p. 170.

Note: Citation appears in footnote 47 and the cited work is also included in the bibliography with the full chapter page range of pp. 169–180.

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