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Religious Conversion and Identity

Author : Massimo Leone
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1134402465
Total Pages : 311 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (344 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion and Identity written by Massimo Leone and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2004-06-01 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious message, the discomfort of spiritual uncertainty, the loss of personal and social identity, the anxiety of destabilization, the reconstitution of the self and the discovery of a new language of the soul.

Religious Identity and Social Change

Author : David Radford
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317691725
Total Pages : 228 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (176 download)

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Download or read book Religious Identity and Social Change written by David Radford and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2015-06-19 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious Identity and Social Change offers a macro and micro analysis of the dynamics of rapid social and religious change occurring within the Muslim world. Drawing on rich ethnographic and quantitative research in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia, David Radford provides theoretical insight into the nature of religious and social change and ethnic identity transformation exploring significant questions concerning why people convert and what happens when they do so. A crisis of identity occurs when religious conversion takes place, especially from one major religious tradition (Islam) to another (Christianity); and where religious identity is intimately connected to ethnic and national identity. Radford argues for the importance of recognising the socially constructed nature of identity involving the dynamic interplay between human agency, culture and social networks. Kyrgyz Christians have been active agents in bringing religious and identity transformation building upon the contextual parameters in which they are situated.

Religious Conversion and Personal Identity

Author : Virgil Bailey Gillespie
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 268 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion and Personal Identity written by Virgil Bailey Gillespie and published by . This book was released on 1979 with total page 268 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion

Author : Lewis R. Rambo
Publisher : Oxford University Press
ISBN 13 : 0199713545
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (997 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion written by Lewis R. Rambo and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2014-03-06 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon. This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The thirty-two innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, indigenous religions, and new religious movements. The essays also offer a wide range of disciplinary perspectives-psychological, sociological, anthropological, legal, political, feminist, and geographical-on methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.

Religion, Conversion and Identity

Author : Josepha Mariyānusa Kujūra
Publisher : Primus Books
ISBN 13 : 9789389676211
Total Pages : 344 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (762 download)

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Download or read book Religion, Conversion and Identity written by Josepha Mariyānusa Kujūra and published by Primus Books. This book was released on 2021-07 with total page 344 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Set in the theoretical perspective of religious conversion in general, and that of tribal identity of Christians in particular, this volume brings out the complexities of the triangular relationship among tribal Christians, tribal Sarnās, and others. Based on historical records, some rare archival materials of the Church, oral traditions of the Urāoñ Adivasi community as well as fieldwork data, Religion, Conversion and Identity explores the dialectics between the old and the new. It presents insights derived from the processes of Indianization, indigenization and tribalization in the Church from the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, and also addresses issues of ethnic and minority studies with a focus on identity formation and articulation.

Religious Conversion in Early Modern English Drama

Author : Lieke Stelling
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108477038
Total Pages : 231 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion in Early Modern English Drama written by Lieke Stelling and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2019-01-03 with total page 231 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A cross-religious exploration of conversion on the early modern English stage offering fresh readings of canonical and lesser-known plays.

In Search of Identity

Author : Sebastian C. H. Kim
Publisher : Oxford University Press, USA
ISBN 13 : 9780195677126
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (771 download)

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Download or read book In Search of Identity written by Sebastian C. H. Kim and published by Oxford University Press, USA. This book was released on 2005 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 'Very few books have...discussed [religious conversion]in a pan-Indian context...This book both promises and delivers this very perspective... a landmark in studies on conversion...' -- Seminar'The vital importance of this timely and extremely well-written book cannot be stressed enough...Kim offers us a sober, carefully researched and painstakingly documented book on the emergence of the conversion issue during the last one hundred and fifty years in pre- and post-independentIndia...[T]he book...offers us a fine basis to continue the exploration of conversion and its discontents.' -- The book Review'Kim seeks to reveal arguments for and against conversions, wherein lies the appeal of his book... By highlighting contesting philosophies, Kim focuses on crucial conversion issues.' -- Hindustan Times'...Kim's work...prove[s] to be a handy reference both for policy-makers and scholars.' -- The TelegraphThis important volume examines the major arg uments on conversion between Hindus and Christians, and also among Christian theologians in both pre- and post-Independence India. It reveals and interprets the arguments for and against conversion and seeks to understand them within a historical andcontemporary perspective.Engaging and immensely relevant, this book will interest policy-makers, journalists, academics, and lay readers, besides being indispensable to researchers and students of sociology, religion, theology, history, politics, and law.

Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany

Author : David M. Luebke
Publisher : Berghahn Books
ISBN 13 : 0857453769
Total Pages : 216 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (574 download)

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Book Synopsis Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany by : David M. Luebke

Download or read book Conversion and the Politics of Religion in Early Modern Germany written by David M. Luebke and published by Berghahn Books. This book was released on 2012-05-30 with total page 216 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Protestant and Catholic Reformations thrust the nature of conversion into the center of debate and politicking over religion as authorities and subjects imbued religious confession with novel meanings during the early modern era. The volume offers insights into the historicity of the very concept of "conversion." One widely accepted modern notion of the phenomenon simply expresses denominational change. Yet this concept had no bearing at the outset of the Reformation. Instead, a variety of processes, such as the consolidation of territories along confessional lines, attempts to ensure civic concord, and diplomatic quarrels helped to usher in new ideas about the nature of religious boundaries and, therefore, conversion. However conceptualized, religious change- conversion-had deep social and political implications for early modern German states and societies.

Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions

Author :
Publisher : BRILL
ISBN 13 : 9004501770
Total Pages : 489 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (45 download)

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Download or read book Religious and Philosophical Conversion in the Ancient Mediterranean Traditions written by and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2022-03-07 with total page 489 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume explores conversion experience in the ancient Mediterranean with attention to early Judaism, early Christianity, and philosophy in the Roman empire from an interdisciplinary perspective.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 31

Author : W. Hood, Ralph
Publisher : Research in the Social Scienti
ISBN 13 : 9789004443488
Total Pages : 548 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (434 download)

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Download or read book Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 31 written by W. Hood, Ralph and published by Research in the Social Scienti. This book was released on 2020-12-03 with total page 548 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion, Volume 31: A Diversity of Paradigms' showcases two approaches to the socio-scientific study of religion. It includes a special section within which authors draw on data collected about congregational life in the Australian National Church Life Surveys (from 1991 to present). These studies give voice to minority groups and children. While findings include the strengths of ethnic diversity and the positive experiences of young churchgoers, they also highlight that full inclusion in local church life is far from being realized. A second section explores the application of feminist approaches within the sociology of religion. In their struggle for equality for women, feminist scholars developed methodologies to challenge the marginality of any ?othered? group. This section showcases how use of these methods challenges hierarchies within knowledge.

Public Confessions

Author : Rebecca L. Davis
Publisher : UNC Press Books
ISBN 13 : 1469664887
Total Pages : 257 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (696 download)

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Download or read book Public Confessions written by Rebecca L. Davis and published by UNC Press Books. This book was released on 2021-09-15 with total page 257 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Personal reinvention is a core part of the human condition. Yet in the mid-twentieth century, certain private religious choices became lightning rods for public outrage and debate. Public Confessions reveals the controversial religious conversions that shaped modern America. Rebecca L. Davis explains why the new faiths of notable figures including Clare Boothe Luce, Whittaker Chambers, Sammy Davis Jr., Marilyn Monroe, Muhammad Ali, Chuck Colson, and others riveted the American public. Unconventional religious choices charted new ways of declaring an "authentic" identity amid escalating Cold War fears of brainwashing and coercion. Facing pressure to celebrate a specific vision of Americanism, these converts variously attracted and repelled members of the American public. Whether the act of changing religions was viewed as selfish, reckless, or even unpatriotic, it provoked controversies that ultimately transformed American politics. Public Confessions takes intimate history to its widest relevance, and in so doing, makes you see yourself in both the private and public stories it tells.

Chinese Christians in America

Author : Fenggang Yang
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 9780271042527
Total Pages : 252 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (425 download)

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Download or read book Chinese Christians in America written by Fenggang Yang and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2010-11-01 with total page 252 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Christianity has become the most practiced religion among the Chinese in America, but very little solid research exists on Chinese Christians and their churches. This book is the first to explore the subject from the inside, revealing how Chinese Christians construct and reconstruct their identity--as Christians, Americans, and Chinese--in local congregations amid the radical pluralism of the late twentieth century. Today there are more than one thousand Chinese churches in the United States, most of them Protestant evangelical congregations, bringing together diasporic Chinese from diverse origins--Taiwan, Hong Kong, mainland China, and Southeast Asian countries. Fenggang Yang finds that despite the many tensions and conflicts that exist within these congregations, most individuals find ways to creatively integrate their evangelical Christian beliefs with traditional Chinese (most Confucian) values. The church becomes a place where they can selectively assimilate into American society while simultaneously preserving Chinese values and culture. Yang brings to this study unique experience as both participant and observer. Born in mainland China, he is a sociologist who converted to Christianity after coming to the United States. The heart of this book is an ethnographic study of a representative Chinese church, located in Washington, D. C., where he became a member. Throughout the book, Yang draws upon interviews with members of this congregation while making comparisons with other churches throughout the United States. Chinese Christians in America is an important addition to the literature on the experience of "new" immigrant communities.

Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery

Author : Srdjan Sremac
Publisher : Springer Nature
ISBN 13 : 3030406822
Total Pages : 250 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (34 download)

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Download or read book Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery written by Srdjan Sremac and published by Springer Nature. This book was released on 2020-04-23 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The central theme of this book is the nexus between the self, the social, and the sacred in conversion and recovery. The contributions explore the complex interactions that occur between the person, the sacred, and various recovery situations, which can include prisons, substance abuse recovery settings and domestic violence shelters. With an interdisciplinary approach to the study of conversion, the collection provides an opportunity for a better understanding of lived religion, guilt, shame, hope, forgiveness, narrative identity reconstruction, religious coping, religious conversion and spiritual transformation. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of lived religion, religious conversion, recovery, homelessness, and substance dependence.

Conversion and Identity in the Viking Age

Author : Ildar H. Garipzanov
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503549248
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (492 download)

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Download or read book Conversion and Identity in the Viking Age written by Ildar H. Garipzanov and published by . This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume presents a state-of-the-art collection of essays on the socio-cultural aspects of the conversion to Christianity in Viking-Age Scandinavia and the Scandinavian colonies of the North Atlantic. The nine scholars, drawn from the disciplines of history, archaeology, and literary studies, have been brought together to address the overarching topic of how conversion affected peoples' identities - both as individuals, and as members of broader religious, political, and social groups - on either side of the 'divide' between paganism and Christianity. Central to this exploration is the question of how existing and changing identities shaped the progress of conversion as a process of societal, and more specifically cultural, change. Each of the papers in this volume provides examples of the complicated patterns of interaction, influence, and identity-modification that were characteristic of the transition from paganism to Christianity in the Viking world. The authors look for new ways of understanding and describing this gradual intermingling between the two fuzzy-edged religious communities, and they provide a challenging redefinition of the nature of conversion in the Viking Age that will be of interest both to a wide variety of medievalists and to all those who work on conversion in its theoretical and historical aspects.

Conversion and Initiation in Antiquity

Author : Birgitte Bøgh
Publisher : Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity
ISBN 13 : 9783631658512
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (585 download)

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Download or read book Conversion and Initiation in Antiquity written by Birgitte Bøgh and published by Early Christianity in the Context of Antiquity. This book was released on 2014 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The articles explore individual religious transformation in Antiquity, with a focus on initiation and conversion and their definitions, content and characteristics. They investigate different facets of these phenomena in a wide range of religions in their own context and from new theoretical and empirical perspectives.

Religious Conversion

Author : Professor Ira Katznelson
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 1472421515
Total Pages : 277 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (724 download)

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Download or read book Religious Conversion written by Professor Ira Katznelson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2014-09-28 with total page 277 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Religious conversion - a shift in membership from one community of faith to another - can take diverse forms in radically different circumstances. As the essays in this volume demonstrate, conversion can be protracted or sudden, voluntary or coerced, small-scale or large. It may be the result of active missionary efforts, instrumental decisions, or intellectual or spiritual attraction to a different doctrine and practices. In order to investigate these multiple meanings, and how they may differ across time and space, this collection ranges far and wide across medieval and early modern Europe and beyond. From early Christian pilgrims to fifteenth-century Ethiopia; from the Islamisation of the eastern Mediterranean to Reformation Germany, the volume highlights salient features and key concepts that define religious conversion, particular the Jewish, Muslim and Christian experiences. By probing similarities and variations, continuities and fissures, the volume also extends the range of conversion to focus on matters less commonly examined, such as competition for the meaning of sacred space, changes to bodies, patterns of gender, and the ways conversion has been understood and narrated by actors and observers. In so doing, it promotes a layered approach that deepens inquiry by identifying and suggesting constellations of elements that both compose particular instances of conversion and help make systematic comparisons possible by indicating how to ask comparable questions of often vastly different situations.

Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India

Author : Sarbeswar Sahoo
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 1108416128
Total Pages : 225 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (84 download)

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Book Synopsis Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India by : Sarbeswar Sahoo

Download or read book Pentecostalism and Religious Conflict in Contemporary India written by Sarbeswar Sahoo and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 2018-05-03 with total page 225 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Conversion and the shifting discourse of violence -- Spreading like fire: the growth of Pentecostalism among tribals -- Taking refuge in Christ: four narratives on religious conversion -- Becoming believers: Adivasi women and the Pentecostal church -- Encountering the alien: Hindutva politics and anti-Christian violence -- Beyond the competing projects of conversion