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9780700704729

Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia: Continuities and Change, 1800-1990

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  • ISBN13:

    9780700704729

  • ISBN10:

    0700704728

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 1997-10-22
  • Publisher: RoutledgeCurzon

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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.

Table of Contents

Introduction 1(14)
Geoffrey A. Oddie
1 Processes of Conversion to Christianity in Nineteenth Century North-Western India
15(42)
Avril A. Powell
2 Old Wine in New Bottles? Kartabhaja (Vaishnava) Converts to Evangelical Christianity in Bengal, 1800-1845
57(22)
Geoffrey A. Oddie
3 Strenght of Tradition and Weakness of Communication: Central Kerala Dalit Conversion
79(18)
George Oommen
4 The French Mission and Mass Movements
97(12)
Henriette Bugge
5 The Beginnings of the Theosophical Movement in India, 1879-1885: Conversion and Non-Conversion Experiences
109(64)
Edward C. Moulton
6 George Uglow Pope contra Vedanayagam Sastriar: A case study in the clash of `new' and `old' mission
173(56)
Antony Copley
Index 229

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