Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India

by Laura Dudley Jenkins

Hinduism is the largest religion in India, encompassing roughly 80 percent of the population, while 14 percent of the population practices Islam and the remaining 6 percent adheres to other religions. The right to "freely profess, practice, and propagate religion" in India's constitution is one of the most comprehensive articulations of the right to religious freedom. Yet from the late colonial era to the present, mass conversions to minority religions...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0812250923
• ISBN13: 9780812250923
• Release Date: May 2019
• Publisher: University of Pennsylvania Press
• Length: 320 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"