Converting Women: Gender and Protestant Christianity in Colonial South India

by Eliza F. Kent

With the emergence of Hindu nationalism, the conversion of Indians to Christianity has become a volatile issue, erupting in violence against converts and missionaries. At the height of British colonialism, however, conversion was a path to upward mobility for low-castes and untouchables, especially in the Tamil-speaking south of India. In this book, Eliza F. Kent takes a fresh look at these conversions, focusing especially on the experience of women...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0195165071
• ISBN13: 9780195165074
• Release Date: April 2004
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Length: 336 Pages
• Weight: 1.35 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.5" x 9.5"