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Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India

Author : Laura Dudley Jenkins
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
ISBN 13 : 0812250923
Total Pages : 320 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (122 download)

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Download or read book Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India written by Laura Dudley Jenkins and published by University of Pennsylvania Press. This book was released on 2019-06-07 with total page 320 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Hinduism is the largest religion in India, encompassing roughly 80 percent of the population, while 14 percent of the population practices Islam and the remaining 6 percent adheres to other religions. The right to "freely profess, practice, and propagate religion" in India's constitution is one of the most comprehensive articulations of the right to religious freedom. Yet from the late colonial era to the present, mass conversions to minority religions have inflamed majority-minority relations in India and complicated the exercise of this right. In Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India, Laura Dudley Jenkins examines three mass conversion movements in India: among Christians in the 1930s, Dalit Buddhists in the 1950s, and Mizo Jews in the 2000s. Critics of these movements claimed mass converts were victims of overzealous proselytizers promising material benefits, but defenders insisted the converts were individuals choosing to convert for spiritual reasons. Jenkins traces the origins of these opposing arguments to the 1930s and 1940s, when emerging human rights frameworks and early social scientific studies of religion posited an ideal convert: an individual making a purely spiritual choice. However, she observes that India's mass conversions did not adhere to this model and therefore sparked scrutiny of mass converts' individual agency and spiritual sincerity. Jenkins demonstrates that the preoccupation with converts' agency and sincerity has resulted in significant challenges to religious freedom. One is the proliferation of legislation limiting induced conversions. Another is the restriction of affirmative action rights of low caste people who choose to practice Islam or Christianity. Last, incendiary rumors are intentionally spread of women being converted to Islam via seduction. Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India illuminates the ways in which these tactics immobilize potential converts, reinforce damaging assumptions about women, lower castes, and religious minorities, and continue to restrict religious freedom in India today.

Religious Freedom and Conversion in India

Author : Aruthuckal Varughese John
Publisher : SAIACS Press
ISBN 13 : 9386549069
Total Pages : 328 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (865 download)

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Download or read book Religious Freedom and Conversion in India written by Aruthuckal Varughese John and published by SAIACS Press. This book was released on 2017-08-28 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious Freedom and Conversion in India is a collection of essays that addresses the political and practical concerns about "religious freedom" and "religious conversion" in the Indian context. These essays were first presented in the SAIACS Academic Consultation in September 2015 at SAIACS, Bengaluru. The 14 papers represented here have all been revised and edited in the view of the discussions during the Consultation. they approach the topic from various angles such as historical, legal, biblical, theological, missiological and cultural. The purpose of the SAIACS Academic Consultation, and the aim of this book, is to stimulate, encourage and provide direction for the academic, evangelical and missional thinking in South Asia.

Religious Conversion

Author : Sarah Claerhout
Publisher : Taylor & Francis
ISBN 13 : 1000571130
Total Pages : 186 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (5 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion written by Sarah Claerhout and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2022-05-06 with total page 186 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book re-examines the issue of religious conversion, which has been a site of conflict in India for several centuries. It discusses wide-ranging themes such as conversion, education, and reform in colonial India; the process and practices of conversion in Christian Europe; Gandhi, conversion, and the equality of religions; perspectives from Hindu nationalism, secularism, and religious minorities; religious freedom and the limits of propagating religion; and conversion in constitutional law, commissions, and courts, to chart new directions for research on religion, tradition, and conversion. Tracing developments from the 19th-century colonial era to contemporary times, the book analyses cultural background frameworks and the origins of religious conversion and its conceptualisation in Western Christianity. It further delves into how Indian culture and its traditions have shaped responses to conversion. Part of the Critical Humanities Across Cultures series, this book will be useful to scholars and researchers of critical humanities, religion, cultural studies, sociology of religion, comparative religion, philosophy, anthropology, theology, Indology, history, politics, postcolonial studies, critical theory, and South Asian studies.

Christianity in India

Author : Rebecca Samuel Shah
Publisher : Fortress Press
ISBN 13 : 1506447929
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (64 download)

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Download or read book Christianity in India written by Rebecca Samuel Shah and published by Fortress Press. This book was released on 2018-11-08 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has been present in India since at least the third century, but the faith remains a small minority. Even so, Christianity is growing rapidly in parts of the subcontinent, and has made an impact far beyond its numbers. Yet Indian Christianity remains highly controversial, and it has suffered growing discrimination and violence. This book shows how Christian converts and communities continue to make contributions to Indian society, even amid social pressure and violent persecution. In a time of controversy in India about the legitimacy of conversion and the value of religious diversity, Christianity in India addresses the complex issues of faith, identity, caste, and culture. It documents the outsized role of Christians in promoting human rights, providing education and healthcare, fighting injustice and exploitation, and stimulating economic uplift for the poor. Readers will come away surprised and sobered to learn how these active initiatives often invite persecution today. The essays draw on intimate and personal encounters with Christians in India, past and present, and address the challenges of religious freedom in contemporary India.

Religious Conversions in India

Author : Brojendra Nath Banerjee
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversions in India written by Brojendra Nath Banerjee and published by . This book was released on 1982 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

A Study on Conversion and Its Aftermath

Author : E. D. Devadason
Publisher : Madras : Christian Literature Society
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 88 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book A Study on Conversion and Its Aftermath written by E. D. Devadason and published by Madras : Christian Literature Society. This book was released on 1982 with total page 88 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: On the recent mass religious conversion to Islam in Tamil Nadu.

Human Rights and Religious Conversion

Author :
Publisher : Anamika Pub & Distributors
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 156 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Human Rights and Religious Conversion written by and published by Anamika Pub & Distributors. This book was released on 2002 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributed articles with reference to India.

Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India

Author : Sarbeswar Sahoo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108416128
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India written by Sarbeswar Sahoo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversion and the shifting discourse of violence -- Spreading like fire: the growth of Pentecostalism among tribals -- Taking refuge in Christ: four narratives on religious conversion -- Becoming believers: Adivasi women and the Pentecostal church -- Encountering the alien: Hindutva politics and anti-Christian violence -- Beyond the competing projects of conversion

Freedom of Religion and a "debate" on Religious Conversion

Author : P. D. Mathew
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 140 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Freedom of Religion and a "debate" on Religious Conversion written by P. D. Mathew and published by . This book was released on 1999 with total page 140 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With reference to the Indian scene.

In Search of Identity

Author : Sebastian C. H. Kim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195677126
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Identity written by Sebastian C. H. Kim and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Very few books have...discussed [religious conversion]in a pan-Indian context...This book both promises and delivers this very perspective... a landmark in studies on conversion...' -- Seminar'The vital importance of this timely and extremely well-written book cannot be stressed enough...Kim offers us a sober, carefully researched and painstakingly documented book on the emergence of the conversion issue during the last one hundred and fifty years in pre- and post-independentIndia...[T]he book...offers us a fine basis to continue the exploration of conversion and its discontents.' -- The book Review'Kim seeks to reveal arguments for and against conversions, wherein lies the appeal of his book... By highlighting contesting philosophies, Kim focuses on crucial conversion issues.' -- Hindustan Times'...Kim's work...prove[s] to be a handy reference both for policy-makers and scholars.' -- The TelegraphThis important volume examines the major arg uments on conversion between Hindus and Christians, and also among Christian theologians in both pre- and post-Independence India. It reveals and interprets the arguments for and against conversion and seeks to understand them within a historical andcontemporary perspective.Engaging and immensely relevant, this book will interest policy-makers, journalists, academics, and lay readers, besides being indispensable to researchers and students of sociology, religion, theology, history, politics, and law.

Religious Freedom in India

Author : Goldie Osuri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780415665575
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (655 download)

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Download or read book Religious Freedom in India written by Goldie Osuri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Religious Freedom in India

Author : Goldie Osuri
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (886 download)

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Download or read book Religious Freedom in India written by Goldie Osuri and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Conversion of India

Author : George Smith
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 324 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book The Conversion of India written by George Smith and published by . This book was released on 1893 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion

Author : Lewis R. Rambo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199713545
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion written by Lewis R. Rambo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon. This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The thirty-two innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, indigenous religions, and new religious movements. The essays also offer a wide range of disciplinary perspectives-psychological, sociological, anthropological, legal, political, feminist, and geographical-on methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.

Religious Conversion in India

Author : Rowena Robinson
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 450 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (4 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion in India written by Rowena Robinson and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2003 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume covers conversion in India to Islam, Christianity, Jainism, Buddhism, and Sikhism. It looks at the influences on conversion in a comparative perspective. The book seeks to look at the pre-British, British and post-Independence periods.

Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition

Author : Tornike Metreveli
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1000283275
Total Pages : 200 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (2 download)

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Download or read book Orthodox Christianity and the Politics of Transition written by Tornike Metreveli and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-11-30 with total page 200 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book discusses in detail how Orthodox Christianity was involved in and influenced political transition in Ukraine, Serbia and Georgia after the collapse of communism. Based on original research, including extensive interviews with clergy and parishioners as well as historical, legal and policy analysis, the book argues that the nature of the involvement of churches in post-communist politics depended on whether the interests of the church (for example, in education, the legal system or economic activity) were accommodated or threatened: if accommodated, churches confined themselves to the sacred domain; if threatened they engaged in daily politics. If churches competed with each other for organizational interests, they evoked the support of nationalism while remaining within the religious domain.

Politics of Religious Freedom

Author : Winnifred Fallers Sullivan
Publisher : University of Chicago Press
ISBN 13 : 022624850X
Total Pages : 361 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (262 download)

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Download or read book Politics of Religious Freedom written by Winnifred Fallers Sullivan and published by University of Chicago Press. This book was released on 2015-07-22 with total page 361 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious freedom has achieved broad consensus as a condition for peace. Faced with reports of a rise in religious violence and a host of other social ills, public, and private actors have responded with laws and policies designed to promote freedom of religion. But what precisely is being promoted? What are the assumptions underlying this response? The contributions to this volume unsettle the assumption that religious freedom is a singular achievement and that the problem lies in its incomplete accomplishment. Delineating the different conceptions of religious freedom predominant in the world today, as well as their histories and political contexts, the contributions make clear that the reasons for violence and discrimination are more complex than is widely acknowledged. The promotion of a single legal and cultural tool meant to address conflict across a wide variety of cultures can have the perverse effect of exacerbating the problems that plague the communities often cited as falling short. -- from back cover.