ABSTRACT
Christianity forms a rather small part of the religious composition of India, with just over 2% of the population being Christian, whereas more than 80% is Hindu, and just over 13% is Muslim; other minority religions include Sikhism (just under 2%), and Buddhism and Jainism each with less than 1% share of the population (Census of India ‘Religious Compositions’). Religious politics in India largely centre on the relationship between the two main religions of Hinduism and Islam. The 1947 Partition was a political settlement intended to create separate homelands for these two religious communities, although resettlement was only partially successful, and intercommunities tension continues in India to the present day (Alam 1993; Krishna 2005; Fernandes 2007).
