Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India / / Laura Dudley Jenkins.
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 constitut...
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| Place / Publishing House: | Philadelphia : : University of Pennsylvania Press, , [2019] ©2019 |
| Year of Publication: | 2019 |
| Language: | English |
| Series: | Pennsylvania Studies in Human Rights
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (320 p.) :; 10 illus. |
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Table of Contents:
- 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