ABSTRACT

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.

chapter |13 pages

Introduction

chapter |21 pages

Old Wine in New Bottles?

Kartabhaja (Vaishnava) Converts to Evangelical Christianity in Bengal, 1835–1845

chapter |64 pages

The Beginnings of the Theosophical Movement in India, 1879–1885

Conversion and Non-Conversion Experiences*

chapter |55 pages

George Uglow Pope contra Vedanayagam Sastriar

A case-study in the clash of 'new' and 'old' mission