Religious Conversion Movements in South Asia

ISBN-13: 9780700704729 / Twarda / 1997 / 238 str.

Geoffrey Oddie

Opis

This text examines examples of religious conversion throughout South Asia

Recenzje

'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

Spis treści

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;

O autorze

Geoffrey A. Oddie