1st Edition

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

By Geoffrey Oddie Copyright 1997
    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    238 Pages
    by Routledge

    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.

    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;

    Biography

    Geoffrey A. Oddie

    '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