This is to bring to your attention a new book from Oxford University Press titled:
Religious conversion in India: Modes, motivations and meanings. The cover and contents may be viewed at: http://www.oup.com/isbn/0-19-566329-2?view=in The book is edited by Rowena Robinson and Sathianathan Clarke, is priced at INR 695/- and available from OUP. It brings together highly original essays by leading scholars of religion, history, and society reflecting upon the idea of practice of conversion in India. Conversion is viewed as a terrain of multiple and diverse possibilities that focus on new boundaries, identities, beliefs, and practices. Contributors: Islam: Dominque-Sila Khan, Richard Eaton, Stephen Dale, Yoginder Sikand; Christianity: Sathianathan Clarke, John Webster, Rowena Robinson, Frederick Downs; Sects/castes/tribes: Saurabh Dube and Ishita Banerjee Dube and David Hardiman; Jainism: Paul Dundas; Sikhism: Louis Fenech; Buddhism, ancient and modern: Torkel Brekke and Gary Tartakov. Regards, Rowena Robinson ########################################################################## # Send submissions for Goanet to [EMAIL PROTECTED] # # PLEASE remember to stay on-topic (related to Goa), and avoid top-posts # # More details on Goanet at http://joingoanet.shorturl.com/ # # Please keep your discussion/tone polite, to reflect respect to others # ##########################################################################
