Conclusion: Transnational Processes, Immigrant Incorporation, and Religious Change

This book has traced the movement of a Kerala Syrian Christian tradition from its formation as a result of encounters with Portuguese Catholics and British evangelicals, to its transformation due to global dispersion and interaction with American evangelicalism in the United States and India. There are a number of larger lessons to be learned from this study. First, the research has shown that it is crucial to study religion from a global perspective to appreciate the variety of ways that transnational processes affect religious organizations and the lives of members, both in the place of destination and of origin. Within