Conversion Agenda and Secularism:

مرکز و کتابخانه مطالعات اسلامی به زبان های اروپایی

منو

" Conversion Agenda and Secularism: "
Jayakumar Ramachandran

Document Type	:	AL
Record Number	:	1077603
Doc. No	:	LA121232
Call No	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341523‬
Language of Document	:	English
Main Entry	:	Jayakumar Ramachandran
Title & Author	:	Conversion Agenda and Secularism: [Article] : An Analysis from Christian Missions in India and Nepal\ Jayakumar Ramachandran
Publication Statement	:	Leiden: Brill
Title of Periodical	:	Mission Studies
Date	:	2017
Volume/ Issue Number	:	34/3
Page No	:	345–368
Abstract	:	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.
Descriptor	:	classified Hindu, Muslim, and Christian groups
Descriptor	:	discipling
Descriptor	:	General
Descriptor	:	ghar wapsi
Descriptor	:	Hindu fundamentalism
Descriptor	:	History of Religion
Descriptor	:	patriotic nationalism
Descriptor	:	Religion Society
Descriptor	:	religious freedom
Descriptor	:	Religious Studies
Descriptor	:	secularism, minority
Descriptor	:	Social Sciences
Descriptor	:	Theology and World Christianity
Location & Call number	:	‭10.1163/15733831-12341523‬