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Religious Conversion in India Modes, Motivations, and Meanings Religious Conversion in India Modes, Motivations, and Meanings Edited by Rowena Robinson Sathianathan Clarke OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS fcU ) OXFORD c l UNIVERSITY PRESS (¿>3°! YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110 001 Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the ~ University’s objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education 0 0 0 <*^ by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Bangkok Buenos Aires Cape Town Chennai Dar es Salaam Delhi Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kolkata Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Mumbai Nairobi Sao Paulo Shanghai Taipei Tokyo Toronto Oxford is a registered trademark of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries Published in India By Oxford University Press, New Delhi © Oxford University Press 2003 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical, including photocopying, recording or by any information storage and retrieval system, without permission in writing from Oxford University Press. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition 011 any acquirer ISBN 019 566329 2 Typeset by Le Studio Graphique in Nalandagar 10.5/12.5 Printed in India at Rashtriya Printers, Delhi 110032 Published by Manzar Khan, Oxford University Press YMCA Library Building, Jai Singh Road, New Delhi 110 001 To the efforts of those who engage religious plurality with responsibility and courage Contents Acknowledgements xi Contributors x iii Introduction 1 S e c t i o n O ne Rowena Robinson Modes of Conversion to Islam 23 Dominique-Sila Khan Diverting the Ganges: 29 The Nizari Ismaili Model of Conversion in South Asia Stephen F. Dale Trade, Conversion, and the Growth of 54 the Islamic Community in Kerala Richard Eaton Who are the Bengal Muslims? 75 Conversion and lslamization in Bengal Yoginder Sikand Arya Shuddhi and Muslim Tabligh: 98 Muslim Reactions to Arya Samaj Proselytization (1923-30) viii Contents S e c t i o n T w o Rowena Robinson Conversions to Jainism, Sikhism, and Buddhism: 119 Past and Present Paul Dundas Conversion to Jainism: 125 Historical Perspectives Louis E. Fenech Conversion and Sikh Tradition 149 Torkel Brekke Conversion in Buddhism? 181 Gary Tartakov B. R. Ambedkar and the Navayana Diksha 192 S e c t i o n T h r e e Sathianathan Clarke Transformations of Caste and Tribe 217 Saurabb Dube and Isbita Banerjee Dube Spectres of Conversion: 222 Transformations of Caste and Sect in India David Hardiman Assertion, Conversion, and Indian Nationalism: 255 Govind’s Movement among the Bbils S e c t i o n F o u r Sathianathan Clarke Conversion to Christianity 285 Contents ix Rowena Robinson Sixteenth Century Conversions 291 to Christianity in Goa Sathianathan Clarke Conversion to Christianity in Tamil Nadu: 323 Conscious and Constitutive Community Mobilization Towards a Different Symbolic World Vision fohn C. B. Webster Christian Conversion in the Punjab: 351 What has Changed? Frederick S. Downs Christian Conversion Movements 381 in North East India Index 401
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