Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia: Continuities and Change, 1800-1990 / Edition 1

by Geoffrey Oddie

Overview

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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780700704729
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	10/22/1997
Series:	Religion and Society in South Asia Series
Edition description:	ANN
Pages:	238
Product dimensions:	5.44(w) x 8.50(h) x (d)

Table of Contents

Chapter 1 Introduction, Geoffrey A. Oddie; Chapter 2 Processes of Conversion to Christianity in Nineteenth Century North-Western India, Avril A. Powell; Chapter 3 Old Wine in New Bottles?, Geoffrey A. Oddie; Chapter 4 Strength of Tradition and Weakness of Communication - Central Kerala Dalit Conversion, George Oommen; Chapter 5 The French Mission and the Mass Movements, Henriette Bugge; Chapter 6 The Beginnings of the Theosophical Movement in India, 1879–1885, Edward C. Moulton; Chapter 7 George Uglow Pope contra Vedanayagam Sastriar, Antony Copley;

Editorial Reviews

'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.' - Ronald Neufeldt, Hindu-Christian Studies Bulletin

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