Why Denominations Can Climb Hills: RLDS Conversions in Highland Tribal India and Midwestern America, 1964-2000

Based on oral history interviews and archival sources, this essay analyzes the religious affiliation between Sora villagers in the highlands of eastern India with Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints (RLDS) members in the American Midwest. The relationship between these distinct g...

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Main Author: Howlett, David James 1978- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press 2020
In: Church history
Year: 2020, Volume: 89, Issue: 3, Pages: 633-658
Further subjects:B India and the United States
B RLDS Church
B India - Scheduled Tribes
B Religious Conversion
B Globalization and Religion
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