<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><item href="/pre-go-live-resources/_migration/2026-08-21/westmont-news/lecture-explores-religious-freedom-india.html" dsn="news"><pubDate>04/14/2010</pubDate><title>Lecture Explores Religious Freedom in India</title><excerpt>Susan Billington Harper, an historian of Christian missions and former lecturer in British imperial history at Harvard, will speak about “Religious Freedom in India: A Reexamination” Thursday, April 15, at 3:30 p.m. in Hieronymus Lounge. The World Christianity Lecture will address the volatile issue of religious conversion in India in light of recent attacks on Christian converts and laws aimed at outlawing conversion. Her talk sets these events against early 20th century debates over conversion between Gandhi and prominent Evangelicals of his day.</excerpt><author>Westmont</author><image>
            
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