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Marathi Christians or Marathi Christi ((マラーティー語:मराठी ख्रिस्ती)) are an ethno-religious community residing in the Indian state of Maharashtra. Only three percent of people in Maharashtra are Christians. Marathi Christians are one of two Christian ethnic communities in Maharashtra. The other group, East Indians, are predominantly Catholic, and are concentrated in coastal Maharashtra, especially the districts of Thane, Mumbai. Most Marathi Christians are Protestants with some Catholic living in Ahmednagar, Solapur, Nashik, Pune, Aurangabad, and Jalna, The few Catholics are often immigrants from Goa and Mangalore missions. Ecumenical cooperation between Catholic and Protestant Marathi Christians is generally greater than in other communities, and the literacy rate of Marathi Christians is very high. ==History== Most Marathi Christians are converts from Hinduism, as a result of Christian missions such as the American Marathi Mission, Church Mission Society, and the Church of England's SPG Mission.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Gazetteers Of The Bombay Presidency - Ahmadnagar )〕 Around the turn of the 19th century, British Baptist missionary William Carey was instrumental in translating the Bible into the Marathi language. Literate Hindu converts from high castes, such as Brahmin, often served as religious instructors to others. In Ahmednagar, several high class Hindus also converted to Christianity, such as In 1842 Ramkrishna Modak, a Chitpavan Brahman and ancestor of Marathi actor Shahu Modak and became Rev. Modak, and Narayan Waman Tilak, also one Muslim, Shaikh dadud.〔http://ahmednagar.nic.in/gazetteer/his_modern_period.html〕 Although today the Ahmednagar district has a fairly large number of Christians, these people identify as Indians first and Christians second. Addressing the aggressive American Marathi Mission, Tilak said "Pack up yea your belongings and be gone, if you do not love this sacred land of Hindus."〔http://cultural.maharashtra.gov.in/english/gazetteer/Ahmadnagar/his_modern_period.html〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Marathi Christians」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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