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8. Secular multiplicity and accommodating flexibility in spiritual practices.

8. Secular multiplicity and accommodating flexibility in spiritual practices.

Relations between Hinduism and Christianity have also been shaped by unequal balances of political power and cultural influence. Although communities of Christians have lived in South India since the middle of the 1st millennium, the great expansion of Indian Christianity followed the efforts of missionaries working under the protection of British colonial government. <ref> [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-261549/Hinduism Hinduism and Christianity] Encyclopædia Britannica. </ref>

Relations between Hinduism and Christianity have also been shaped by unequal balances of political power and cultural influence. Although communities of Christians have lived in South India since the middle of the 1st millennium, the great expansion of Indian Christianity followed the efforts of missionaries working under the protection of the British colonial government. <ref> [http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-261549/Hinduism Hinduism and Christianity] Encyclopædia Britannica. </ref>

Today more than 50 years after the British have left India, politically driven conversion of  Hindus to Christianity  in the remote regions of northeastern India proves to be a persistent socio-political problem.

Today more than 50 years after the British have left India, politically driven conversion of  Hindus to Christianity  in the remote regions of northeastern India proves to be a persistent socio-political problem.{{fact}}

For more on Hinduism, see [[World History Lecture Three]].

For more on Hinduism, see [[World History Lecture Three]].