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Conversion Agenda and Secularism:

LA121232

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Conversion Agenda and Secularism:

[Article]

An Analysis from Christian Missions in India and Nepal

Jayakumar Ramachandran

Leiden

Brill

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.

2017

345-368

Mission Studies

34/3

1573-3831

classified Hindu, Muslim, and Christian groups

discipling

General

ghar wapsi

Hindu fundamentalism

History of Religion

patriotic nationalism

Religion & Society

religious freedom

Religious Studies

secularism, minority

Social Sciences

Theology and World Christianity

Jayakumar Ramachandran

10.1163/15733831-12341523

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[Article]

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