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- Religious conversion is a process that entails a change in religious affiliation, worldview, and identity. In turn, the conversion process dialectically establishes (and often changes) the very entities to which and from which people convert.
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Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others. Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another.
Jul 27, 2016 · Religious conversion is a process that entails a change in religious affiliation, worldview, and identity. In turn, the conversion process dialectically establishes (and often changes) the very entities to which and from which people convert.
Religious conversion is a complex topic that elicits controversy, confusion, curiosity, fascination, skepticism, and enthusiasm. Everyone has an opinion about how and why people change within or to other religions or reject religion altogether.
Apr 3, 2014 · Abstract. Religious conversion has long played a major role in the transformation of people, societies, and cultures worldwide. However, in recent decades, academic and personal interest in religious conversion has burgeoned, along with increasing controversy about its ethics, direction, and social, cultural, political consequences.
01 May 2014. Split View. Annotate. Cite. Permissions. Share. Abstract. Sociological analysis of conversion was once dominated by the Lofland-Stark model. However, recent research has moved beyond that model’s mostly micro-level approach. Studies of congregations, ritual, and embodied religion demonstrate the importance of social institutions.
INTRODUCTION. Conversion can undoubtedly be considered as an event that results in a transformation or a transition in an individual’s religious life, or a spiritual enlightenment causing a person to lead a new life.
Sep 7, 2020 · In this book Lewis Rambo discusses the dynamics of conversion, presenting it as a multifaceted process of change with personal, cultural, social, and religious implications. Drawing on insights from psychology, sociology, anthropology, history, theology, and missiology, as well as on interviews with converts from disparate backgrounds, Rambo ...
