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Author Harding, Christopher, 1978-

Title Religious transformation in South Asia : the meanings of conversion in colonial Punjab / Christopher Harding
Published Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2008

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Description 1 online resource (ix, 298 pages) : illustrations, maps
Series Oxford historical monographs
Oxford historical monographs.
Contents Introduction -- The meaning of uplift in Punjab -- British Evangelicals vs Belgian Catholics -- The communication of Christianity -- Living in new traditions -- Visions of the future -- Conclusion -- Appendix: Capuchin missionaries arriving in and leaving Punjab, 1889-1930
Summary Exploring the phenomenon of mass conversion to Christianity amongst oppressed rural peoples in late colonial India, 'Religious Transformation in South Asia' looks at what lay behind the social and religious aspirations of converts and mission personnel
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 271-286) and index
Notes Print version record
Subject Conversion -- Christianity.
RELIGION -- Christianity -- History.
Conversion -- Christianity
SUBJECT Punjab (India) -- Church history
Punjab (Pakistan) -- Church history
Subject India -- Punjab
Pakistan -- Punjab
Genre/Form Electronic books
Church history
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9780199548224
0199548226
0191563331
9780191563331