Laura Dudley Jenkins is Professor of Political Science and a faculty affiliate of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Asian Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati.

"The book is analytically insightful and methodologically innovative and provides a vital contribution to understanding the relationship between religion, the state, and citizenship rights in India." (Asian Ethnology) "The primary argument of Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is absolutely clear: The prototypical and normative convert constructed in international human rights discourse from the 1930s onward-one characterized primarily by agency and sincerity-is inadequate both theoretically and politically . . . Jenkins approaches the topic innovatively, intentionally juxtaposing to the normative narrative of the ideal agential and sincere convert counternarratives that call this normative narrative into question." (Journal of Church and State) "Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is unparalleled in its reach. It explores mass conversion over time-from the late colonial period to the modern era; across communities-among the lower castes, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and women; and in several different regions of India. It is a much needed contribution to scholarship on India and to comparative studies of religion, politics, and constitutional law." (Amrita Basu, Amherst College)

• Introduction: Religious Freedom and the Right to ConvertPART I. MOBILITYChapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social MobilityChapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political MobilityChapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial MobilityPART II. IMMOBILITYChapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion LegislationChapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative ActionChapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad RumorConclusion. A More Equal FreedomNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Laura Dudley Jenkins is Professor of Political Science and a faculty affiliate of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Asian Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati.

"The book is analytically insightful and methodologically innovative and provides a vital contribution to understanding the relationship between religion, the state, and citizenship rights in India." (Asian Ethnology) "The primary argument of Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is absolutely clear: The prototypical and normative convert constructed in international human rights discourse from the 1930s onward-one characterized primarily by agency and sincerity-is inadequate both theoretically and politically . . . Jenkins approaches the topic innovatively, intentionally juxtaposing to the normative narrative of the ideal agential and sincere convert counternarratives that call this normative narrative into question." (Journal of Church and State) "Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is unparalleled in its reach. It explores mass conversion over time-from the late colonial period to the modern era; across communities-among the lower castes, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and women; and in several different regions of India. It is a much needed contribution to scholarship on India and to comparative studies of religion, politics, and constitutional law." (Amrita Basu, Amherst College)

• Introduction: Religious Freedom and the Right to ConvertPART I. MOBILITYChapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social MobilityChapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political MobilityChapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial MobilityPART II. IMMOBILITYChapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion LegislationChapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative ActionChapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad RumorConclusion. A More Equal FreedomNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments

Laura Dudley Jenkins is Professor of Political Science and a faculty affiliate of the Women's, Gender, and Sexuality Studies Department and Asian Studies Program at the University of Cincinnati.

"The book is analytically insightful and methodologically innovative and provides a vital contribution to understanding the relationship between religion, the state, and citizenship rights in India." (Asian Ethnology) "The primary argument of Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is absolutely clear: The prototypical and normative convert constructed in international human rights discourse from the 1930s onward-one characterized primarily by agency and sincerity-is inadequate both theoretically and politically . . . Jenkins approaches the topic innovatively, intentionally juxtaposing to the normative narrative of the ideal agential and sincere convert counternarratives that call this normative narrative into question." (Journal of Church and State) "Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India is unparalleled in its reach. It explores mass conversion over time-from the late colonial period to the modern era; across communities-among the lower castes, Hindus, Buddhists, Jews, and women; and in several different regions of India. It is a much needed contribution to scholarship on India and to comparative studies of religion, politics, and constitutional law." (Amrita Basu, Amherst College)

• Introduction: Religious Freedom and the Right to ConvertPART I. MOBILITYChapter 1. Mass Movement Christians: Religious and Social MobilityChapter 2. Ambedkarite Buddhists: Religious and Political MobilityChapter 3. Mizo Jews: Religious and Spatial MobilityPART II. IMMOBILITYChapter 4. Prosecution: Anticonversion LegislationChapter 5. Prevention: Losing Affirmative ActionChapter 6. Persecution: The Love Jihad RumorConclusion. A More Equal FreedomNotesBibliographyIndexAcknowledgments