{"product_id":"in-search-of-identity-debates-on-religious-conversion-in-india-ide897","title":"In Search of Identity: Debates on Religious Conversion in India","description":"\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Specification\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003ctable\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eItem Code:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eIDE897\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/book-author\/sebastian%20c%20h%20kim\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Sebastian C.H. Kim\"\u003eSebastian C.H. Kim\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e\u003ca href=\"\/fr\/book-publisher\/oxford%20university%20press%20new%20delhi\" class=\"underlined\" title=\"Oxford University Press, New Delhi\"\u003eOxford University Press, New Delhi\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003eEnglish\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eEdition:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e2005\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eISBN:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e0195677129\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003ePages:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e261\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eCover:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003ePaperback\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd class=\"product-details-specifications-label has-text-grey-dark\"\u003eOther Details\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd rel=\"product-dimensions\"\u003e8.5\" X 5.5\"\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ch2 class=\"title is-size-3-desktop is-size-5-touch has-text-centered product-details-description-title\"\u003eBook Description\u003c\/h2\u003e\u003cdiv class=\"product-details-description\" style=\"max-height: 63rem; overflow-y: auto;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eFrom the Jacket :\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e This important volume examines the major arguments on conversion between Hindus and Christian, and also among Christian theologians in both pre-Independence India. It reveals and interprets the arguments for and against conversion and seeks to understand and seeks to understand them within a historicity and contemporary perspective.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eAbout the Author :\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e Sebastian Kim is a Professor of Theology and Public Life at York St. John College, York, UK and Fellow of the Royal Asiatic Society of Great Britain and Ireland.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003cb\u003eExcerpts from reviews\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e '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...'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e - \u003ci\u003eSeminar\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e '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 discounts.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e - \u003ci\u003eThe Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e '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 issue.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e - \u003ci\u003eHindustan Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e '... Kim's work ... prove[s] to be handy reference both for policy-makers and scholars.'\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp align=\"right\"\u003e \u003ci\u003eThe Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ccenter\u003e \u003cb\u003eCONTENTS\u003c\/b\u003e\n\u003c\/center\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003ctable border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"10\"\u003e \u003ctbody\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e Introduction: Christian Mission and the Problem of Conversion in India\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 1\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 2.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e Debate on Conversion under the British Raj\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 13\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd width=\"100%\"\u003e Debate on conversion in Bengal in the first half of the nineteenth century\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 14\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e M.K. Gandhi and the debates on conversion, 1931 - 1937\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 23\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 3.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e Debate on Conversion in the Indian Constituent Assembly, 1947 - 1949\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 37\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The issue of conversion in the emerging politics of \u003ci\u003eswaraj\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 38\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The debate on conversion in the Constituent Assembly\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 42\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Religious freedom and the secular state\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 55\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 4.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e Debates on Missionary activity and freedom of Religion in Independent India, 1954 - 1979\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 59\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd valign=\"top\"\u003e The debate over the report of the Christian Missionary Activities Enquiry Committee (\u003ci\u003eNiyogi Report\u003c\/i\u003e), 1954-1957\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 60\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The debate over 'freedom of religion' legislation, 1967 - 1979\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 73\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hindu tolerance, law, and conversion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 84\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 5.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e The Debates on Conversion Among Protestant Theologians in India, 1966 - 1971\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 88\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Protestant debates on conversion in the 1960s and 1970s\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 89\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conversion, secularization, and community\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 103\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 6.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e The Catholic Debates on Conversion in the 1980s.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 109\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The theology of inculturation and the debate on the Hindu-Catholic approach to conversion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 111\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Liberation theology and the debate over mass conversion in south Tamil Nadu\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 121\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 7.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e World Evangelization, Hindutva, and the Debate Provoked by Arun Shourie, 1994 - 1995\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 132\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Christian campaigns for evangelization of the world\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 133\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Nationalist Hindu responses to world evangelization and the campaign of Hindutva\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 139\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Debate between Arun Shourie and Christian leaders\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 142\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e IV.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The past and present of Hindu and Christian understanding on conversion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 151\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 8.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e The Debate on Conversion Initiated by the Sangh Parivar, 1998 - 1999\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 155\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hindu-Christian tensions over conversion\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 156\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Conversion from the perspective of Hindus\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 163\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Christian rethinking of conversion in the context of Hindutva\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 170\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e IV.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The problem of conversion as symptomatic of a clash of religious frameworks\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 175\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 9.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd colspan=\"2\"\u003e Conclusion: Human Rights, Tolerance, and Religious Conversion in India\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 180\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Christianity and human rights\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 184\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e II.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Hinduism and religious tolerance\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 187\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III.\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Towards a theology of conversion for Christian mission in India\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 190\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eAppendices\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e I:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Proceedings of the Debate on Conversion in the Constituent Assembly, 1947-1949\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 201\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd valign=\"TOP\"\u003e II:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Summary of Recommendations of the Report of the Christian Missionary activities Enquiry Committee (\u003ci\u003eNiyogi Report\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 204\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e III:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Orissa Freedom of Religion Act 1967 (Orissa Act II 1968)\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 207\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e IV:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Madhya Pradesh \u003ca href=\"\/fr\/article\/dharma-for-modern-man\"\u003eDharma\u003c\/a\u003e Swatantrya Adhiniyam, 1968\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 209\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e V:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e The Arunachal Pradesh Freedom of Indigenous Faith Act, 1978\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 211\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e VI:\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e Freedom of Religion Bill Introduced in the Parliament\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 213\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eBibliography\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 215\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003ctr\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e \u003ci\u003eIndex\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e \u003ctd\u003e 240\u003c\/td\u003e \u003c\/tr\u003e \u003c\/tbody\u003e \u003c\/table\u003e \u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Occultnthings","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44615047348525,"sku":"IDE897","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2094\/2117\/products\/in_search_of_identity_debates_on_religious_conversion_ide897.jpg?v=1677720894","url":"https:\/\/occultnthings.com\/fr\/products\/in-search-of-identity-debates-on-religious-conversion-in-india-ide897","provider":"Occult-N-Things","version":"1.0","type":"link"}