Religious conversion movements in South Asia : continuities and change, 1800-1990
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Religious conversion movements in South Asia : continuities and change, 1800-1990
(Religion & society in South Asia series)
Curzon, 1997
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Graduate School of Asian and African Area Studies, Kyoto Universityグローバル専攻
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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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