Muslims and Missionaries in Pre-Mutiny India

Focuses on the period leading up to the Indian Mutiny of 1857.

List of contents

INTRODUCTION; Chapter 1 MUSLIM-CHRISTIAN DEBATE: THE MEDIEVAL LEGACY OF MUNAZARA; Chapter 2 THE INDIAN SETTING: MUSLIM HEARTLANDS IN THE MUGHAL TWILIGHT; Chapter 3 EVANGELICALISM AND INDIA: MISSIONARY EXPANSION IN NORTHERN INDIA; Chapter 4 CONTACT, CONVERSION AND CONTROVERSY: THE FIRST MUSLIM RESPONSES; Chapter 5 NEW FOCUS ON ISLAM: THE REVEREND CARL PFANDER AND THE MIZAN AL-HAQQ (BALANCE OF TRUTH); Chapter 6 MUSLIM RETALIATION: AGRA AND LUCKNOW IN THE 1840S; Chapter 7 NEW MOOD IN DELHI: THE EMERGENCE OF MAULANA RAHMAT ALLAH KAIRANAWI; Chapter 8 OPEN CONFLICT IN AGRA: THE ‘GREAT DEBATE' OF 1854; Chapter 9 CONCLUSIONS: INDIAN MUNAZARA IN THE LONGER-TERM PERSPECTIVE GLOSSARY; Bibliography Index;

About the author

Avril A. Powell

Summary

Focusing on the period from 1830 to 1857, this book discusses the confrontation of Evangelical Christianity and Islam in northern India during the last century. It shows how the confrontation developed from a friendly exchange of ideas to the animosity which marked the 1857 meeting.

Product details

• Authors: Avril Ann Powell, Powell Avril Ann
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 17.01.1995
• EAN: 9780700702107
• ISBN: 978-0-7007-0210-7
• No. of pages: 352
• Weight: 810 g
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Religion/theology > Other religions; Non-fiction book > History > Miscellaneous; Social sciences, law, business > Ethnology > Folklore; RELIGION / Islam / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Regional Studies, Society & culture: general, India, 19th century, c 1800 to c 1899, Religion: general, Christianity, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Regional Studies, Regional / International studies, Asian History, Society and culture: general, Religious mission and Religious Conversion, Regional Geography, Protestantism and Protestant Churches, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Cultural & Ethnic Studies / General