Conversion from Islam to Christianity
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Recent papers in Conversion from Islam to Christianity
Alberto MONTANER, «La mora Zaida, entre historia y leyenda (con una reflexión sobre la técnica historiográfica alfonsí)», en Historicist Essays on Hispano Medieval Narrative in Memory of Roger M. Walker, London, Maney Publishing for the... more
Trotz der Wahl des "Hoffnungsträgers" liberal orientierter Iraner, Hassan Rohani, zum Präsidenten der Islamischen Republik im Juni 2013 hält der Druck auf christliche Gemeinden in Iran an. Mit zunehmender Tendenz werden persischsprachige... more
Conversion to Islam in the 8th-10th centuries has largely been treated as a one time act, which completely separated the convert from his/her previous social and familial ties. Recently a handful of studies have pointed to pervasive... more
Why do Muslims come to Christ? Five case studies that underline the key factors as Living God in Christ, the living Word, and the living Body of Christ. Conversion has been understood either "from above" (i.e. God's role) and "from below"... more
Bamford, D.; Eric R. Dursteler, Renegade Women. Gender, Identity, and Boundaries in the Early Modern Mediterranean. Baltimore (MD), Johns Hopkins University Press 2011. E. Natalie Rothman, Brokering Empire. Trans-Imperial Subjects... more
Present-day scholarship on religious conversions diverts from classic Protestant paradigms of sudden conversions and instant transformations of the self. Instead, it stresses that converts make active choices that are influenced by... more
The paper demonstrates the the application of concepts and findings of network theory (also without the use of quantitative models, since the source evidence is too fragmentary) provides new frameworks for the description of religious... more