Religious conversion movements in South Asia : continuities and change, 1800-1990

Author(s)

• Oddie, G. A.

Bibliographic Information

Religious conversion movements in South Asia : continuities and change, 1800-1990

[edited by] Geoffrey A. Oddie

（Religion & society in South Asia series）

Curzon, 1997

• : hbk

Note

Includes bibliographical references and index

Description and Table of Contents

Description

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

• 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

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Details

• NCID: BA3483938X
• ISBN:
  • 0700704728
• Country Code: uk
• Title Language Code: eng
• Text Language Code: eng
• Place of Publication: Richmond
• Pages/Volumes: v, 231 p.
• Size: 22 cm
• Classification:
  • DC20 : 291.420954
• Subject Headings:
  • LCSH : Conversion
  • LCSH : South Asia -- Religion
• Parent Bibliography ID:
  • BA34839572