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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Main Author: Banerjee, Mou 1985- (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Interlibrary Loan:Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany)
Published: Cambridge, Massachusetts London, England Harvard University Press 2025
In:Year: 2025
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Bengalis / Protestantism / Conversion (Religion) / Religious minority / Minority question / History 1820-1900
IxTheo Classification:KAH Church history 1648-1913; modern history
KBM Asia
KDD Protestant Church
RJ Mission; missiology
Further subjects:B Evangelistic work (India) History 19th century
B Religion and sociology (India) History 19th century
B India Religion 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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Summary:"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."--
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
Physical Description:357 Seiten
ISBN:0674268032