Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building During Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka Vis-à-Vis Churachandpur

Jha, Priyanka; Naidu, G. V. C.

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Priyanka Jha⁵ &
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Institutions of faith provide support where the state fails. Church in Churachandpur is an example of sustaining faith in times of crisis and destruction.

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Notes

1.
Ministry of Panchayati Raj Report (2006).
2.
Notes written by Col. Maxwell, Col. Woods and Col. Shakespear. 29 July 1937, File No: G.S. 2753 of 1940 Dilip K. Lahiri & Binal J. Dev: Manipur: Culture and Politics, 1987, pp. 111–112.
3.
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/8720_summaryHFP20052015.pdf.
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http://www.preventionweb.net/files/44983_sendaiframeworkchart.pdf.
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This information was provided by Rev. Dr. Luaichinthang who is the Pastor of Bungmual EBC and worked very closely with the people during the Earthquake of January 2015.
6.
Interview with Reverend Tombing undertaken on 6 June 2016 in Lamka, Churachandpur, Manipur.

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Information gathered here is on the basis of first-hand experience gathered in the course of field work undertaken in April 2016 in Lamka, Churachandpur, Manipur and telephonic conversation with the Pastors of different denominations. This article is based on ethnographic insights, detail, observations and interviews. The methodology adopted was qualitative in nature.
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Ministry of Panchayati Raj Report. (2006).
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http://www.preventionweb.net/files/8720_summaryHFP20052015.pdf.
http://www.preventionweb.net/files/44983_sendaiframeworkchart.pdf.

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Disaster Research Programme (DRP), Jawaharlal Nehru University, New Delhi, Delhi, India
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Jha, P., Naidu, G.V.C. (2018). Institutions of Faith in Resilience Building During Disasters: Church and Communities in Lamka Vis-à-Vis Churachandpur. In: Singh, A., Punia, M., Haran, N., Singh, T. (eds) Development and Disaster Management. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-10-8485-0_26

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