Caste is inconsistent with conversion because no caste admits outsiders.

Evidence

My answer is this: the Hindu religion ceased to be a missionary religion when the caste system grew up among the Hindus. Caste is inconsistent with conversion. Inculcation of beliefs and dogmas is not the only problem that is involved in conversion. To find a place for the convert in the social life of the community is another, and a much more important, problem that arises in connection with conversion. That problem is where to place the convert, in what caste? It is a problem which must baffle every Hindu wishing to make aliens convert to his religion. — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 891

Categorization

Category: Causal Relationships

Related

• Caste structure makes Hindu conversion structurally impossible for new members. (similarity 0.92)
• Hinduism’s pervasiveness makes renouncing caste seem impracticable to many (similarity 0.82)
• Shuddhi reconversion to Hinduism was undercut by caste unwillingness to mingle with converts (similarity 0.81)
• Hinduism once spread missionaries but later stopped converting outsiders. (similarity 0.81)
• Hindu reconversion movement failed because upper castes refused to mingle with converts (similarity 0.80)
• Caste prevents the shared activity that would unite Hindus socially. (similarity 0.80)
• Caste restricts Hindu moral concern to fellow caste members rather than humanity (similarity 0.80)
• Caste explains Hindu neglect that risks aborigines converting to rival faiths. (similarity 0.79)
• Religious conversion does not erase caste, which reforms around new groups (similarity 0.79)
• Religious notions are the root mechanism sustaining India’s caste system. (similarity 0.78)

Broader Connections

• Shuddhi reconversion to Hinduism was undercut by caste unwillingness to mingle with converts #exemplifies (0.85) — Ambedkar, B R, Annihilation of Caste_ The Annotated…, 1096