Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia
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Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia

Continuities and Change, 1800-1990

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eBook - ePub

Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia

Continuities and Change, 1800-1990

About this book

This text examines examples of religious conversion throughout South Asia including:

Processes of Conversion of Christianity in 19th Century NW India
Islamic Conversion in South India
Kartabhaja Converts to Evangelical Christianity in Bengal
Central Kerala Dalit Conversion
French Mission and Mass Movements
Conversion and Non-Conversion Experiences; and more.

This book is a significant addition to the growing tradition of scholarship on religious conversion and a valuable resource for scholars and students who are interested in religious, social, and cultural developments of South Asia.

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Information

Publisher
Routledge
Year
2013
Print ISBN
9780700704729
eBook ISBN
9781136795121
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Ethnic Studies
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Title
  3. Copyright
  4. Contents
  5. Introduction
  6. 1 Processes of Conversion to Christianity in Nineteenth Century North-Western India
  7. 2 Old Wine in New Bottles? Kartabhaja (Vaishnava) Converts to Evangelical Christianity in Bengal, 1800–1845
  8. 3 Strength of Tradition and Weakness of Communication: Central Kerala Dalit Conversion
  9. 4 The French Mission and Mass Movements
  10. 5 The Beginnings of the Theosophical Movement in India, 1879–1885: Conversion and Non-Conversion Experiences
  11. 6 George Uglow Pope contra Vedanayagam Sastriar: A case study in the clash of 'new' and 'old' mission
  12. Index

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