Conversion Agenda and Secularism: An Analysis from Christian Missions in India and Nepal

This article is an attempt to understand how Hindus perceive and respond to the conversions of people in India and Nepal to Christian faith and to find a way in which the evangelicals may fulfill their mission mandate in a pluralistic context in which conflicts and challenges are imbedded. For this...

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1. VerfasserIn: Ramachandran, Jayakumar (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Brill 2017
In: Mission studies
Jahr: 2017, Band: 34, Heft: 3, Seiten: 345-368
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B Indien / Nepal / Hindu / Christentum / Konversion (Religion)
RelBib Classification:BK Hinduismus, Jainismus, Sikhismus
CC Christentum und nichtchristliche Religionen; interreligiöse Beziehungen
KBM Asien
weitere Schlagwörter:B Religious Freedom patriotic nationalism secularism, minority Hindu fundamentalism classified Hindu, Muslim, and Christian groups ghar wapsi discipling
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Zusammenfassung:This article is an attempt to understand how Hindus perceive and respond to the conversions of people in India and Nepal to Christian faith and to find a way in which the evangelicals may fulfill their mission mandate in a pluralistic context in which conflicts and challenges are imbedded. For this purpose, a panoramic presentation of the political realities, classified communities of Hinduism, Islam, and Christianity, and the views and perceptions of Hindus, Muslims, and Christians toward conversions in India and Nepal, is presented in the first part. This section is followed by a theological and biblical analysis with a word study on conversion and discipleship. The last section of this article is a brief presentation of unethical practices involved in conversion events which cause adverse reactions from other religious adherents. The paper concludes with suggestions to Christians as to how they should execute the commission of the Lord of the Bible in the prevailing religious, political, and social contexts of Nepal and India.
ISSN:1573-3831
Enthält:In: Mission studies
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/15733831-12341523