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Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. TABLE OF CONTENTS vii
3. List of Illustrations xiii
4. Illustrations xxi
5. Sources xxxv
6. Abbreviations xxxvii
7. Note on Terminology, Episcopal Nomenclature, Spelling and dates xxxix
8. Acknowledgements xlv
9. Map of Travancore, Cochin and British Malabar circa 1800 xlix
10. Introduction 1
11. Chapter 1: The Indian Context 11
12. Chapter 2: Syrian Christianity 23
13. Chapter 3: ‘Syrian’ Christianity in India to 1498 59
14. Chapter 4: The Consequences of European Contact – An Overview 83
15. Chapter 5: The Struggle For Independence and Identity 1653- 1751 119
16. Chapter 6: The Consequences of the Maphrian’s Delegation of 1751: I - The Quarrel With Mar Thoma V 169
17. Chapter 7: The Consequences of the Maphrian’s Delegation of 1751: II - The Consecration of Two Bishops 193
18. Chapter 8: Mar Koorilose I And Mar Dionysios I: Further Themes 247
19. Chapter 9: The Early 19^th Century – Two Lines of Succession....285 A Brief Review of Sources 285
20. Chapter 10: The Golden Age: Geeverghese Mar Philoxenos II, Malankara Metropolitan 347
21. Chapter 11: Mar Koorilose III and the Termination of the Mission of Help 377
22. Chapter 12: Mathews Mar Athanasios 413
23. Chapter 13: Independence Secured 461
24. Chapter 14: The End of the Old Order and the Consecration of Titus I Mar Thoma 527
25. Chapter 15: The Twentieth Century: Expansion, Obscurity and New Initiatives 555
26. Chapter 16: The Significance Of The Malabar Independent Syrian Church 583
27. Bibliography 591
28. Index 621