The Conversion of India: From Pantaenus to the Present Time (AD 193-1893) / / George Smith.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Gorgias Press Backlist eBook-Package 2001-2013
• VerfasserIn: Smith, George,
• Place / Publishing House: Piscataway, NJ : : Gorgias Press, , [2004]; ©2004
• Year of Publication: 2004
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (284 p.) :; 2

This book, based on six lectures by the author, gives the history of the conversion of India to Christianity from the earliest times until 1893. Smith’s work is useful for understanding the American missionary mentality of the nineteenth century.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- PREFACE -- CONTENTS -- ILLUSTRATIONS -- I. INTRODUCTION -- II. THE GREEK ATTEMPT -- III. THE ROMAN ATTEMPT -- IV. FRANCIS XAVIER AND HIS SUCCESSORS— THE DUTCH ATTEMPT -- V. THE BRITISH BAST INDIA COMPANY'S WORK OF PREPARATION -- VI. GREAT BRITAIN'S ATTEMPT -- VII. THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA'S CO-OPERATION -- VIII. THE METHODS OF THE EVANGELICAL MISSION TO INDIA -- IX. THE RESULTS OF CHRISTIAN MISSIONS TO INDIA -- X. THE PROSPECTS OF THE CONVERSION OF INDIA -- XI. INTERCESSION AND THANKSGIVING -- APPENDIX -- INDEX