In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in IndiaThis builds on a historical account of Hindu-Christian debates from the days of the Raj and analyzes the later of later discussions in the Indian Parliament and also the roles of legislative measures adopted. the study seeks to reveal the major arguments against conversion, for it offers critiques of both while being cognizant of the several reinterpretations of conversion. |
Contents
Christian Mission and the Problem | 1 |
Debates on Conversion under the British Raj | 13 |
conversion 19311937 | 23 |
The Debate on Conversion in the Indian Constituent | 37 |
Debates on Missionary Activity and Freedom of Religion | 59 |
Hindu tolerance law and conversion | 84 |
The Catholic Debates on Conversion in the 1980s | 109 |
World Evangelization Hindutva and the Debate | 132 |
The Debate on Conversion Initiated by | 155 |
Human Rights Tolerance and Religious | 180 |
Appendices | 201 |
The Orissa Freedom of Religion Act 1967 | 207 |
Index | 240 |
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In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in India Sebastian C. H. Kim No preview available - 2005 |