Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia

Continuities and Change, 1800-1990
1. Auflage 1997
ISBN: 978-0-7007-0472-9
Verlag: Taylor & Francis Ltd (Sales)

Buch, Englisch, 238 Seiten, Format (B × H): 168 mm x 223 mm, Gewicht: 445 g

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.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Oddie, Geoffrey

Fachgebiete

• Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein
• Geisteswissenschaften Philosophie Moderne Philosophische Disziplinen Philosophische Anthropologie
• Interdisziplinäres Wissenschaften Wissenschaften Interdisziplinär
• Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliche Spiritualität, Christliche Mystik

Inhaltsverzeichnis

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;

Über Autor(innen)

Geoffrey A. Oddie