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This is an excellent example of a successful transition from a doctoral dissertation to a book that should have wide appeal amongst those working on conversions in general, not just in Asia, but also to scholars of the three areas treated. Michael Pearson, Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia This is an excellent example of a successful transition from a doctoral dissertation to a book that should have wide appeal amongst those working on conversions in general, not just in Asia, but also to scholars of the three areas treated. Michael Pearson, Sojourn

This is an excellent example of a successful transition from a doctoral dissertation to a book that should have wide appeal amongst those working on conversions in general, not just in Asia, but also to scholars of the three areas treated. Michael Pearson, Journal of Social Issues in Southeast Asia an authoritative work for studies of Christianity in Vietnam and Thailand. Scholars of Southeast Asian and religious studies will find the book indispensable for studying the patterns of Western and native encounters prior to nineteenth-century colonialism. Anh Q. Tran, Journal of Southeast Asian Studies Tara Alberts has written an excellent and ambitious book ... Readers interested in cross-cultural contact, the global history of Catholicism, the role of forgotten groups in the early modern period, and Southeast Asian history more generally are thereby all the richer for this excellent work. Fr. Jeremy Clarke, S.J., American Historical Review

This is an excellent example of a successful transition from a doctoral dissertation to a book that should have wide appeal amongst those working on conversions in general, not just in Asia, but also to scholars of the three areas treated. Michael Pearson, Sojourn

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Tara Alberts obtained a PhD in history at the University of Cambridge before holding Research Fellowships at Jesus College, Cambridge, and at the European University Institute in Italy. She is now a Lecturer in history at the University of York.

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