The disinherited: the politics of Christian conversion in colonial India

"The British Crown's 1813 legalization of Christian evangelism among its Indian subjects set off a storm of criticism in Bengal. Mou Banerjee shows that Hindu and Muslim detractors energetically marginalized converts, in the process developing ideals that cemented the connection between po...

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Autor principal: Banerjee, Mou 1985- (Autor)
Tipo de documento: Print Libro
Lenguaje:Inglés
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Publicado: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press 2025
En:Año: 2025
(Cadenas de) Palabra clave estándar:B Bengalíes / Protestantismo / Conversión (Religión) / Minoría religiosa / Cuestión de las minorías / Historia 1820-1900
Clasificaciones IxTheo:KAH Edad Moderna
KBM Asia
KDD Iglesia evangélica 
RJ Misión
Otras palabras clave:B Evangelistic work (India) History 19th century
B India Religión 19th century
B Religion and sociology (India) History 19th century
B Christian converts from Hinduism (India) (Bengal) History 19th century
B Christian converts from Islam (India) (Bengal) History 19th century
B Conversion
B Religion And Politics (India) History 19th century
B India History 19th century
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Sumario:"The British Crown's 1813 legalization of Christian evangelism among its Indian subjects set off a storm of criticism in Bengal. Mou Banerjee shows that Hindu and Muslim detractors energetically marginalized converts, in the process developing ideals that cemented the connection between political and communal identity on the subcontinent."--
Notas:Includes bibliographical references and index
Descripción Física:357 Seiten
ISBN:0674268032