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Modalities of Conversion in India

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Godroads

Modalities of Conversion in India

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Dynamics of conversion and religious change more generally are extremely complex, yet it is crucial for contemporary societies to understand them. This volume contributes to this understanding by focussing on the processes and modalities of conversion within, between and across various religious traditions (Hinduism, Islamic Reformism, Christianity, indigenous religions) from a multi-disciplinary perspective, including anthropology, sociology, religious studies, history and theology. While the book deals with Indian case studies, the introduction, preface (by Piers Vitebsky) and afterword (by Aparecida Vilaça) also offer a comparative perspective linking the Indian situation to contexts of conversion in other parts of the world. The introduction not only provides an overview of important research on conversion in India, it also intends to advance the general theoretical reflection on conversion, considers analytical tools for further research and discusses the work of important theorists such as Pierre Bourdieu, Joel Robbins and Marshall Sahlins who are not generally referred to in debates on conversion in India.

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Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
2020
ISBN
9781108851312
Topic
Social Sciences
Subtopic
Cultural & Social Anthropology
Index
Social Sciences

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Contents
  6. Foreword
  7. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
  8. Introduction
  9. 1: The Rise, Growth and Significance of Shudra Conversion Movements in the Methodist Mission, Hyderabad, 1925–1947
  10. 2: Communism and the Cross
  11. 3: Religious Conversion as Ethical Transformation
  12. 4: Conversion versus Unity
  13. 5: Identity Change and the Construction of Difference
  14. 6: Conversion to Christianity and Healing
  15. 7: Reshaping the American Evangelical Conversion Narrative in Nineteenth-Century North India
  16. 8: Cultural Transformations through Performance Arts in Early Twentieth-Century South India*
  17. 9: Reservation and Religious Freedom
  18. 10: Rupture and Resilience
  19. Afterword
  20. About the Contributors
  21. INDEX