Mallampalli, Chandra. ‘The Thomas Christians: Paradoxes of Being Pre-European’. In South Asia’s Christians: Between Hindu and Muslim. Oxford Studies in World Christianity. New York: Oxford University Press
Excerpt – The Thomas Christians are the only Christians of India whose origins cannot be linked in any way to European influence. They trace their origins to Jesus’s apostle Thomas, who they believe visited India in 52 CE and established a church there.
Their interactions with Persian Christians went hand in hand with their coexistence with Hindu and Muslim neighbors in the coastal region of southwest India now called Kerala—a dual participation that continues to the present day.
More info – https://academic.oup.com/book/45594/chapter-abstract/394790879
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