Passage
Romans 10
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Doctrine
Evangelism
Frame as proclamation and witness rather than confrontation, given the currently active, contemporary Sarna dharma identity-assertion movement (the 'Sarna code' campaign) among Santal communities.
ROM.10.14-15
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Doctrine
Faith
Personal trust in Christ specifically; the object of faith must always be named, since biswas alone could be read as generalized confidence in the bongas' goodwill.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Glossary Term
Faith
biswas (a widely shared regional Indic loanword for belief/trust) is the best-attested general term in currently available Santali Christian literature.
ROM.10.9-10, ROM.10.17
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Doctrine
Fulfillment of Prophecy
Linear, historical fulfillment (Old Testament promise to New Testament fulfillment in Christ) has no ready oral-tradition parallel in Sarnaism and should not be confused with an Ojha's divinatory pronouncements during a healing ritual.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Gentiles
Non-Jewish peoples; a plain descriptive rendering ('other/outside peoples').
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Gospel
Must be distinguished from ordinary good news of a successful harvest or a favorable outcome from a jaher offering; the gospel is the unique proclamation of salvation through Christ crucified and risen, a category requiring full explanation given the thin existing Santali doctrinal-study vocabulary.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Gospel
ᱡᱚᱛᱚ ᱠᱷᱚᱵᱚᱨ ('good/complete news,' khobor being a widely shared regional Indic loanword for 'news') is a plain descriptive rendering, offered provisionally pending confirmation from a Santali-speaking theologian, since no crystallized single Santali theological term for 'gospel' is attested in currently available literature.
ROM.10.15-16
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Glossary Term
Intercession
Prayer/petition made on behalf of others (Romans 8:26-27); must be kept distinct from petitions traditionally carried to the bongas through a Naeke's sacrifice or an Ojha's ritual mediation on a household's or village's behalf.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Israel
Proper name; standard transliteration.
ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Jesus
CRITICAL: Jisu follows the pattern used in Bengali- and regional-influenced Santali Christian usage; confirm the exact settled form against a current printed Santali New Testament before this curriculum is finalized, given the thinner and less standardized state of Santali Bible publication.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Glossary Term
Justification
CRITICAL: a provisional descriptive compound ('being pronounced properly conducted') attempting to carry the forensic, once-for-all legal-declaration sense; no single Santali term or settled compound for this exact concept is attested in currently available literature.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Law
ain (a shared regional loanword for law/rule) refers to the Mosaic Law/Torah in this curriculum.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Lord
CRITICAL: Thakur (a regional loanword for 'Lord/Master' attested in Bengali-influenced Christian usage in the wider region) is used provisionally rather than Marang Buru, the presiding elder deity of the Sarnaism bonga pantheon, to avoid presenting Christ as merely the greatest among many recognized bongas.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Lordship of Christ
CRITICAL: exclusive, supreme Lordship.
ROM.10.9, ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Prayer and Intercession
Direct access to God in Christ's name; distinguish from petitions traditionally carried to the bongas through a Naeke's sacrifice or an Ojha's ritual mediation.
ROM.10.1
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Glossary Term
Prophecy
God-inspired declaration; distinct from an Ojha's divinatory pronouncements during a healing ritual.
ROM.10.11
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Glossary Term
Righteousness
CRITICAL: a provisional compound ('being properly/correctly conducted') for right standing before God received through faith.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Salvation
CRITICAL: this is a genuine conceptual gap, not a wrong-existing-word problem.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Glossary Term
Salvation
CRITICAL: bachao (a widely shared regional Indic loanword meaning 'rescue/save') is the best-attested general term, but Sarnaism has no developed eschatological salvation category at all -- its ritual life, centered on the jaher and led by the Naeke, targets protection from malevolent bongas, good harvests, and community harmony in this life, addressed when disrupted through an Ojha's intervention against witchcraft or bonga affliction.
ROM.10.1, ROM.10.10
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Doctrine
Unity of Jews and Gentiles
Must be taught with theological clarity rather than mapped directly onto contemporary Adivasi/diku identity categories, which address a different (social/political) kind of division from the one Romans is resolving.
ROM.10.12
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Doctrine
Universal Scope of the Gospel
No clan (paris) or ethnic barrier to the gospel; retain unqualified universality, a point of particular relevance given the strong, currently active salience of Adivasi versus non-Adivasi (diku) identity categories in Santal social and political life.
ROM.10.12-13