The Disinherited : The Politics of Christian Conversion in Colonial India.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Banerjee, Mou.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Christian converts from Hinduism--India--Bengal--History--19th century.

Christian converts from Hinduism.

Christian converts from Islam--India--Bengal--History--19th century.

Christian converts from Islam.

Conversion.

Evangelistic work--India--History--19th century.

Evangelistic work.

Religion and politics--India--History--19th century.

Religion and politics.

Religion and sociology--India--History--19th century.

Religion and sociology.

India--Religion--19th century.

India.

India--History--19th century.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (368 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Cambridge : Harvard University Press, 2025.

Summary:

The British Crown's 1813 legalization of Christian evangelism among its Indian subjects set off a storm of criticism in Bengal. Mou Banerjee shows that Hindu and Muslim detractors energetically marginalized converts, in the process developing ideals that cemented the connection between political and communal identity on the subcontinent.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Note on Translation

Introduction

CHAPTER ONEConversion and the Birth of Modern Apol o getics in India

CHAPTER TWOThe Contest over High-Caste Conversions

CHAP TER THREE The Great Tagore Will Case

CHAPTER FOURConversion and the Politics of Land Owner ship in Colonial Bengal

CHAPTER FIVE The World of Munshi Meherullah

CHAPTER SIX The Elusive Legacies of Brahmabandhab Upadhyay

Epilogue

Archival Sources

Notes

Acknowledgments

Index

Notes:

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ISBN:

9780674298101

0674298101

OCLC:

1430989867