Christian missionaries in India tended to have the most success among the very groups they alleged Muslims to have converted: the lowest ranking castes and most impoverished classes.
Evidence
Christian missionaries in India tended to have the most success among the very groups they alleged Muslims to have converted: the lowest ranking castes and most impoverished classes. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 103 (
#corroborates, via linked claim)
While these Americans and Britons avoided any suggestion that someone, drawn by a positive characteristic of the religion, might willingly accept Islam, others argued that, if there had been a good reason for South Asians to convert, it reflected less the value of Islam than the deficits of Hinduism, specifically caste prejudice and the proscription of widow remarriage. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 89 (
#expands, via linked claim)
Categorization
- XREF: connects to: Missionaries converted mostly the castes Muslims supposedly seized — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 103; Colonial observers attributed conversions to Hindu deficiencies rather than Islam’s appeal. — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear:…, 89
Related
- Missionaries converted mostly the castes Muslims supposedly seized (similarity 0.94)
- Colonial observers attributed conversions to Hindu deficiencies rather than Islam’s appeal. (similarity 0.86)
- While these Americans and Britons avoided any suggestion that someone, drawn by a positive characteristic of the religion, might willingly accept Islam, others argued that, if there had been a… (similarity 0.84)
- Missionary conversion relied on state power more than persuasion (similarity 0.81)
- Caste explains Hindu neglect that risks aborigines converting to rival faiths. (similarity 0.79)
- Missionaries used phrenology to frame Indian Muslims as lower-caste converts (similarity 0.78)
- British colonizers broke treaty pledges and backed Christianity’s conversion drive (similarity 0.78)
Broader Connections
- Missionaries converted mostly the castes Muslims supposedly seized
#corroborates(0.90) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 103 - Colonial observers attributed conversions to Hindu deficiencies rather than Islam’s appeal.
#expands(0.60) — Peter Gottschalk and Gabriel Greenberg, Common Heritage, Uncommon Fear, 89