Sarbeswar Sahoo (Delhi Indian Institute of Technology)

Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India

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Produktbeschreibung

"Studies the politics of Pentecostal conversion and anti-Christian violence in India and answers the timely and relevant questions of why India is experiencing increasing incidents of anti-Christian violence since the 1990s"--

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 224
• Erscheinungstermin: 7. Mai 2024
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 157mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 368g
• ISBN-13: 9781108416122
• ISBN-10: 1108416128
• Artikelnr.: 50437539

Autorenporträt

Sarbeswar Sahoo teaches Sociology at the Indian Institute of Technology Delhi, India. He is also Adjunct Faculty at the Centre for the Study of Religion and Culture in Asia, University of Groningen, the Netherlands. His research interests include Civil Society and Democratization, Sociology of Religion, Pentecostalism, and anti-Christian Violence in India. He is the author of Civil Society and Democratization in India: Institutions, Ideologies and Interests (2013).

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
Acknowledgements
1. Introduction: conversion and the shifting discourse of violence
2. Spreading like fire: the growth of Pentecostalism among tribals
3. Taking refuge in Christ: four narratives on religious conversion
4. Becoming believers: Adivasi women and the Pentecostal Church
5. Seen as the alien: Hindutva politics and anti-Christian violence
6. Conclusion: beyond the competing projects of conversion
Endnotes
Bibliography.