Pentecostalism and Politics of Conversion in India /
This book studies the politics of Pentecostal conversion and anti-Christian violence in India. It asks: why has India been experiencing increasing incidents of anti-Christian violence since the 1990s? Why are the Bhil Adivasis increasingly converting to Pentecostalism? And, what are the implications...
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Cambridge :
Cambridge University Press,
2018.
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Table of Contents:
- Cover; Pentecostalismand Politics of Conversion in India; Title; Copyright; CONTENTS; FOREWORD; PREFACE; ABBREVIATIONS; 1. INTRODUCTION: Conversion and the Shifting Discourse of Violence; Introduction and the argument; Debates on religious conversion; Methodology and a note on fieldwork; Outline of chapters; 2. SPREADING LIKE FIRE: The Growth of Pentecostalism among Tribals; What is Pentecostalism?; History of Pentecostalism; Pentecostalism spreads to/in Rajasthan; Native Missionary Movement; Emphasis on Spirit worship; Divine healings and miracles; Strict rules and belief system.
- Holistic development ministryThe CCFM and mission 'development'; Conversion and the quota system; Emergence of a new identity; Conclusion; 3. TAKING REFUGE IN CHRIST: Four Narratives on Religious Conversion; Studies on conversion; Purity of the nation: The Hindu nationalist narrative; Faith and change: The Christian missionary narrative; Modernity and the moral economy of miracles: The converts' narrative; A threat to community solidarity: The (Hindu) adivasi narrative; Conclusion; 4. BECOMING BELIEVERS: Adivasi Women and the Pentecostal Church; Survey of the literature.
- Gender equality and women empowermentConversion experience; Socio-economic well-being; Women and Pentecostalism in India; The conversion experience; Experiences of miracle healings; Changes in male-female relations; Socio-economic well-being; Conclusion; 5. SEEN AS THE ALIEN: Hindutva Politics and Anti-Christian Violence; A chronicle of anti-Christian violence; The political economy of tribal society; Christianity, conversion and the tribals; Religious violence and the politics of Hindu nationalism; The ideology of Hindu nationalism; Religious conversion and postcolonial anxiety.
- The decline of the Congress and the rise of the BJPTribal encounters with Hindu nationalism; Development, mobilisation and violence; Conclusion; 6. CONCLUSION: Beyond the Competing Projects of Conversion; ENDNOTES; Chapter 1: Introduction; Chapter 2: Spreading Like Fire; Chapter 3: Taking Refuge in Christ; Chapter 4: Becoming Believers; Chapter 5: Seen as the Alien; BIBLIOGRAPHY; INDEX.
