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To: Mohan Marette who wrote (3567)	1/26/1999 4:08:00 PM
From: Sam Citron	Read Replies (1) of 12475

RE: Forced Conversions I tend to doubt that any forced conversions to Christianity in India have taken place since the days of Vasco de Gama. As for incentives, that may be another matter. I imagine there are some, both material and psychic (whether these are real or just perceived). I'd like to know more about such practices. What is being offered? Food? A social safety net? Improved status? Are such rewards material or spiritual (e.g. food or the promise of going to heaven)? Is there any element of fraud or overreaching, e.g. an offer of food to a man who is starving would in my view qualify as overreaching. What perceived competing rewards are offered to tribals for traditional Sanskritization process, i.e. becoming a "pukkah Hindu" by giving up hunting for a "traditional" vegetarian diet? What are the actual human and social costs of the attendant loss of identity, continuity, community? Naturally more questions than answers at the outset. I guess it would be appropriate for scholars of comparative religion and others to hold a council to discuss the ethics of religious conversion practices. What better place than India, except perhaps Indian Coffee House here in SIberspace! Sam

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