Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India / / Laura Dudley Jenkins.
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Jenkins, Laura Dudley, author. aut http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India / Laura Dudley Jenkins. Philadelphia : University of Pennsylvania Press, [2019] ©2019 1 online resource (320 p.) : 10 illus. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Religious Freedom and the Right to Convert -- PART I. MOBILITY -- Chapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social Mobility -- Chapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political Mobility -- Chapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial Mobility -- PART II. IMMOBILITY -- Chapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion Legislation -- Chapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative Action -- Chapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad Rumor -- Conclusion. A More Equal Freedom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments restricted access http://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_16ec online access with authorization star Hinduism is the largest religion in India, encompassing roughly 80 percent of the population, while 14 percent of the population practices Islam and the remaining 6 percent adheres to other religions. The right to "freely profess, practice, and propagate religion" in India's constitution is one of the most comprehensive articulations of the right to religious freedom. Yet from the late colonial era to the present, mass conversions to minority religions have inflamed majority-minority relations in India and complicated the exercise of this right.In Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India, Laura Dudley Jenkins examines three mass conversion movements in India: among Christians in the 1930s, Dalit Buddhists in the 1950s, and Mizo Jews in the 2000s. Critics of these movements claimed mass converts were victims of overzealous proselytizers promising material benefits, but defenders insisted the converts were individuals choosing to convert for spiritual reasons. Jenkins traces the origins of these opposing arguments to the 1930s and 1940s, when emerging human rights frameworks and early social scientific studies of religion posited an ideal convert: an individual making a purely spiritual choice. However, she observes that India's mass conversions did not adhere to this model and therefore sparked scrutiny of mass converts' individual agency and spiritual sincerity.Jenkins demonstrates that the preoccupation with converts' agency and sincerity has resulted in significant challenges to religious freedom. One is the proliferation of legislation limiting induced conversions. Another is the restriction of affirmative action rights of low caste people who choose to practice Islam or Christianity. Last, incendiary rumors are intentionally spread of women being converted to Islam via seduction. Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India illuminates the ways in which these tactics immobilize potential converts, reinforce damaging assumptions about women, lower castes, and religious minorities, and continue to restrict religious freedom in India today. Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web. In English. Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 21. Jun 2021) Conversion Government policy India. Dalits Civil rights India. Freedom of religion India History 20th century. Freedom of religion India History 21st century. Narrative inquiry (Research method) India. Proselytizing Government policy India. Religious minorities Legal status, laws, etc. India. POLITICAL SCIENCE / Human Rights. bisacsh Human Rights. Law. Political Science. Public Policy. Religion. Religious Studies. Sociology. Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 English 9783110610765 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE COMPLETE 2019 9783110664232 ZDB-23-DGG Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Economics, Law & Social Sciences 2019 ENG 9783110610130 Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter EBOOK PACKAGE Social Sciences 2019 9783110606485 ZDB-23-DSW Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Pennsylvania Press Complete eBook-Package 2019 9783110652055 https://doi.org/10.9783/9780812296006 https://www.degruyter.com/isbn/9780812296006 Cover https://www.degruyter.com/cover/covers/9780812296006.jpg |
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Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction. Religious Freedom and the Right to Convert -- PART I. MOBILITY -- Chapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social Mobility -- Chapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political Mobility -- Chapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial Mobility -- PART II. IMMOBILITY -- Chapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion Legislation -- Chapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative Action -- Chapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad Rumor -- Conclusion. A More Equal Freedom -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- Acknowledgments |
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