Introduction : context and concepts : singing the Lord's prayer as freedom in a Tamil land -- How can the subaltern speak? Musical style, value, and the historical process of -- (Re)indigenization of Tamil Christian music -- Sharing the meal : a Dalit family's dialogue with the history of Tamil Christian music, 1850-1994 -- Parattai's theology : greeting God in the ceri -- Ethnography as transformative musical dialogue -- Reception and transformation from seminary to village -- Performing global Dalit consciousness.