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OverviewFull Product DetailsAuthor: Chad M. Bauman (Associate Professor of Religion, Associate Professor of Religion, Butler University, Indianapolis)Publisher: Oxford University Press Inc Imprint: Oxford University Press Inc Dimensions: Width: 15.50cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 23.10cm Weight: 0.295kg ISBN: 9780190202101ISBN 10: 0190202106 Pages: 224 Publication Date: 19 February 2015 Audience: College/higher education , Professional and scholarly , Tertiary & Higher Education , Professional & Vocational Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand ![]() We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsAcknowledgements Abbreviations Map Introduction 1. Who are India's Pentecostals?: History, Definitions, Deliberations 2. Pentecostalism in the Context of Indian History and Politics 3. Where the Spirit (of Violence) Leads: The Disproportionate Targeting of Indian Pentecostals 4. Force, Fraud, and Inducement?: Recuperative Conversions and the Growth of Indian Christianity 5. Missions and the Pentecostalization of Indian Christianity Conclusion Works CitedReviewsWithin India's multi-faith and multi-cultural society, any conversion or change of faith is fraught with danger. This is especially so where any agency claims to represent a permanent and immutable 'majority' of all institutions, as is done by the forces of Hindutva. Chad Bauman is to be commended for having interrogated the intricacies of this extremely difficult subject. He adroitly challenges understandings of anti-Christian violence. --Robert Eric Frykenberg, Professor of History and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Within India's multi-faith and multi-cultural society, any conversion or change of faith is fraught with danger. This is especially so where any agency claims to represent a permanent and immutable 'majority' of all institutions, as is done by the forces of Hindutva. Chad Bauman is to be commended for having interrogated the intricacies of this extremely difficult subject. He adroitly challenges understandings of anti-Christian violence. Robert Eric Frykenberg, Professor of History and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison Within India's multi-faith and multi-cultural society, any conversion or change of faith is fraught with danger. This is especially so where any agency claims to represent a permanent and immutable 'majority' of all institutions, as is done by the forces of Hindutva. Chad Bauman is to be commended for having interrogated the intricacies of this extremely difficult subject. He adroitly challenges understandings of anti-Christian violence. Robert Eric Frykenberg, Professor of History and South Asian Studies, University of Wisconsin-Madison It presents deep insights into the complicated and controversial subjects of the anti-Christian violence in the contemporary India's political history ... I strongly recommend this scholarly book for the church personnel, social and human rights activists, politicians and public servants to know where the vibrant democratic India is heading in terms of anti-Christian violence. P. R. John, S.J., Vidyajyoti Journal of Theological Reflection Author InformationChad Bauman is Associate Professor of Religion at Butler University and is the author of Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |