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My colleague Chad Bauman\u2019s forthcoming book on conversion to Christianity in India is now listed on Amazon<\/a> and on the publisher\u2019s web page<\/a>. Here are the details:\n

Chad Bauman, Christian Identity and Dalit Religion in Hindu India, 1868-1947 (Studies in the History of Christian Missions)<\/a> $\"\"$ (Grand Rapids: Eerdmans<\/a>, 2008).<\/p>\n