Aghamkar, Atul. “Traditional Hindu Views and Attitudes Toward Christianity.” Global
Missiology English, 2, no. 5 (2008). Available at: http://ojs.globalmissiology.org/index.php/english/article/view/244/684
The author describes how the common Hindus of today in India inherited their views from the Hindu Renaissance leaders. Thus, these leaders’ views are helpful in understanding the common approach toward Christianity in India. The article reveals how there remains tension between the Hindus and Christians of the region.
Bauman, Chad. “Pentecostals and Interreligious Conflict in India: Proselytization,
Marginalization, and Anti-Christian Violence.” Pentecostudies: An Interdisciplinary Journal for Research on the Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, 16, no. 1 (2017).
Bauman locates the nexus of anti-Christian violence in India particularly in the Pentecostal religion, which is especially agitating to Hindu nationalists. The study examines how Pentecostalists’ assertiveness and evangelizing activity as well as its ecclesiastical, liturgical, theological and social aspects are offensive both to Hindu nationalists and to upper caste Christians as well. The study suggests that the fact that Pentecostals dare to expand beyond their place is what makes them so irksome to Hindus and caste-conscious Indians.
Bengali, Shashank. “Hindu Activists Organize Mass “Reconversion Camps” in India.
Los Angeles Times, 25 Dec 2014. Available at: http://www.latimes.com/world/asia/la-fg-india-conversions-20141225-story.html
The article notes that hundreds of thousands of Christians are being converted to Hinduism by the nationalist Hindu group RSS. This is being supported by Prime Minister Modi who sees Hinduism as central to Indian culture, thus placing a question mark on the idea of equal rights among Hindus and Christians, particularly in the Northeast.
Bhaumik, Subir. “Ethnicity, ideology and religion: Separatist movements in India’s
Northeast.” Religious radicalism and security in South...
Honolulu: Asia-Pacific Centre for Security Studies (2004): 219-244.
The article examines the way Christianity gained roots in the hills of the region while Hinduism remained entrenched in the plains. The conflict between the two still exists and the guarantee of equal rights is uncertain in spite of political gesturing. There is much instability in the region as a result of this tension.
Cavallin, Clemens, and Julia Kuhlin. “Violence against Christians in India: A Critical
Discourse Analysis of Two Indian English Newspapers.” Journal of Hindu-Christian Studies 27, no. 1 (2014): 7.
This study examines depictions of Hindu-Christian religions in the two largest English-print newspapers in India and shows how equal rights are still very much a social problem particularly in the Northeast. The study shows that conflict among the Hindus and Christians remains very clear from newspaper accounts.
Dowerah, Simantik. “Rise of Hindutva in North East: Christians in Nagaland, Mizoram
May Weaken BJP Despite RSS’ Gains in Tripura, Meghalaya.” First Post, 21 Apr 2017. Available at: http://www.firstpost.com/politics/rise-of-hindutva-in-north-east-rss-bjp-face-challenge-in-nagaland-and-mizoram-better-off-in-meghalaya-tripura-3369560.html
This article notes how Meghalaya is a predominantly Christian state but that the Hindu nationalists of the RSS are gaining ground there and looking to contest the power and politics of the Christians in the region. However, the RSS officially recognizes and welcomes Christians into its organization, according to the article. This article describes the RSS as welcoming of Christians in the region, though other studies have shown that the RSS is actually plotting against Christianity and Pentecostals in particular because of the nature of that specific sect but also because they view Christianity as foreign. This article suggests that such views are held by fringe or radical members of the RSS and that the official RSS does not hold them.
The Economist. “A Safe House for Dangerous…
