Comparative History as World History
Religious Conversion in Modern India
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8090108 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Richard Maxwell Eaton |
| Year | 1997 |
| Volume | 8 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 243-271 |
| Publication date | 1997-09-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of world history (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1045-6007 • E-ISSN: 1527-8050 |
| Publisher | World History Association (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/jwh.2005.0063 |
| OpenAlex | W1998562935 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 9 |
In the period from the late nineteenth to the late twentieth century, the vast majority of the Naga peoples of northeastern India converted to Christianity. This article explores the reasons for this extraordinary phenomenon—in Asia, second only in magnitude to the conversion of the Philippine population—and examines the different rates of conversion among Naga communities. It also tests the usefulness of models of religious change generated from fieldwork on conversion in Africa—in particular, Robin Horton's "intellectualist" theory. In this sense the article is an essay in comparative history, and it argues for the usefulness of the comparative method for world history
Aesthetics · Ancient history · Archaeology · Christianity · Comparative history · Epistemology · Ethnology · Genealogy · History of religions · Period (music · Phenomenon · Population · Religious conversion · Sociology · World history · Anthropological Studies and Insights · Asian Studies and History · Demography · History · Philosophy · Religious studies · South Asian Studies and Conflicts
Borderland Lives in Northern South Asia
Northeast Migrants in Delhi
On the Way to India
The Cosmological Challenge of Indigenous Theology
World Christian Historiography, Theological ‘Enthusiasms’, and the Writing of R. E. Frykenberg’s Christianity in India
Living Unofficially as Tribe in Hills of Manipur
New traditionalism and religions of the South Asia
Cultural Change versus Adaptability? The Ascendance of the Christian God within Zo Traditional Cosmology
Histories of Belonging(s)
The perils of being a borderland people
Unearthly Powers
Northeast Migrants in Delhi
Engaging with the specific realities of postcolonial literatures
Escalation and de-escalation of violence in insurgencies
Revisiting the Naga conflict
How Protestant Missions Transformed the Indo-Myanmar Frontier
Confronting Constructionism
Trishul vs Cross
Thy Kingdom Come
Ethnography and the Historical Imagination
Patterns of Thought in Africa and the West
Anthropological Approaches to the Study of Religion
Conversion to Christianity among the Nagas, 1876-1971
The sociology of religion
Return to the Naked Nagas
The Mixed Culture of the Naga Tribes
Conversion and Tradition in Two African Societies
Syncretism and Religious Change
| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,83 |
| Citation span | 2003 - 2026 (24) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 19 |