ĀVARNA CHRISTIANS AND CONVERSION MOVEMENTS
ĀVARNA CHRISTIANS AND CONVERSION MOVEMENTS
This chapter focuses on the conversion of āvarnas in India. Some communities have seemed much more open to the Gospel and more susceptible to turning to the Christian faith than others. Mass conversions occurred mainly among āvarna and adivāsi peoples. The terms āvarna and adivāsi are Brahmanical, or Sanskriti, categories of analysis. As such, they have been applied to peoples that, in terms of ritual pollution, lie outside the bounds of ritual purity as defined within varnāshramadharma or as belonging to Sanskriti.
Keywords: India, religions conversion, mass conversion, āvarna, adivāsi
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