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'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-independent India...[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 Telegraph This 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 and contemporary 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.

Table of Contents:
INTRODUCTION: CHRISTIAN MISSION AND THE PROBLEM OF CONVERSION IN INDIA; DEBATES ON CONVERSION UNDER THE BRITISH RAJ; THE DEBATE ON CONVERSION IN THE INDIAN CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, 1947-1949; DEBATES ON MISSIONARY ACTIVITY AND FREEDOM OF RELIGION IN INDEPENDENT INDIA, 1954-1979; THE DEBATES ON CONVERSION AMONG PROTESTANT THEOLOGIANS IN INDIA, 1966-1971; THE CATHOLIC DEBATES ON CONVERSION IN THE 1980S; WORLD EVANGELIZATION, HINDUTVA, AND THE DEBATE PROVOKED BY ARUN SHOURIE, 1994-1995; THE DEBATE ON CONVERSION INITIATED BY THE SANGH PARIVAR, 1998-1999; CONCLUSION: HUMAN RIGHTS, TOLERANCE, AND RELIGIOUS CONVERSION IN INDIA; APPENDICES - 1. THE PROCEEDINGS OF THE DEBATE ON CONVERSION IN THE CONSTITUENT ASSEMBLY, 1947-1949 2. SUMMARY OF RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE REPORT OF THE CHRISTIAN MISSIONARY ACTIVITIES ENQUIRY COMMITTEE (NIYOGI REPORT), III THE ORISSA FREEDOM OF RELIGION ACT 1967 (ORISSA ACT II 1968), IV THE MADHYA PRADESH DHARMA SWATANTRYA ADHINIYAM, 1968, V THE ARUNACHAL PRADESH FREEDOM; OF INDIGENOUS FAITH ACT, 1978, VI. FREEDOM OF RELIGION BILL INTRODUCED IN THE PARLIAMENT; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX

Review :
"His distinctive contribution lies in his theological analysis of both Hindu objections to conversion and of the reflections on the meaning of conversion among Indian theologians prompted by those objections and by wider changes in Christian theological thinking of the twentieth century. The clear style and broad scope of the book will make it a useful introfuction to the topic even for undergraduate students." --Religious Studies Review


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  • ISBN-13: 9780195677126
  • Publisher: OUP India
  • Publisher Imprint: OUP India
  • Language: English
  • ISBN-10: 0195677129
  • Publisher Date: 01 Oct 2005
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Returnable: N


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