In Search of Identity

'Very few books have...discussed [religious conversion]in a pan-Indian context...This book both promises and delivers this very perspective...a landmark in studies on conversion...' -- Seminar 'The vital importance of this timely and extremely well-written book cannot be stressed enough...Kim offers us a sober, carefully researched and painstakingly documented book on the emergence of the conversion issue during the last one hundred and fifty years in pre- and post-independent India...[T]he book...offers us a fine basis to continue the exploration of conversion and its discontents.' -- The book Review 'Kim seeks to reveal arguments for and against conversions, wherein lies the appeal of his book...By highlighting contesting philosophies, Kim focuses on crucial conversion issues.' -- Hindustan Times '...Kim's work...prove[s] to be a handy reference both for policy-makers and scholars.' -- The Telegraph This important volume examines the major arg uments on conversion between Hindus and Christians, and also among Christian theologians in both pre- and post-Independence India.It reveals and interprets the arguments for and against conversion and seeks to understand them within a historical and contemporary perspective.
Engaging and immensely relevant, this book will interest policy-makers, journalists, academics, and lay readers, besides being indispensable to researchers and students of sociology, religion, theology, history, politics, and law.