Moving In and Out of Islam / / ed. by Karin van Nieuwkerk.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter University of Texas Press Complete eBook-Package 2018
• MitwirkendeR: Aghaee, Atefeh,; Alyedreessy, Mona,; Barylo, William,; Cottee, Simon,; Enstedt, Daniel,; Galonnier, Juliette,; Górak-Sosnowska, Katarzyna,; Jawad, Haifaa,; Larsson, Göran,; Nieuwkerk, Karin van,; Pauha, Teemu,; Pirický, Gabriel,; Račius, Egdūnas,; Shanneik, Yafa,; Yarosh, Oleg,; de Koning, Martijn,; Özyürek, Esra,; Łyszczarz, Michał,
• HerausgeberIn: van Nieuwkerk, Karin,
• Place / Publishing House: Austin : : University of Texas Press, , [2021]; ©2018
• Year of Publication: 2021
• Language: English
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (421 p.)

Embracing a new religion, or leaving one’s faith, usually constitutes a significant milestone in a person’s life. While a number of scholars have examined the reasons why people convert to Islam, few have investigated why people leave the faith and what the consequences are for doing so. Taking a holistic approach to conversion and deconversion, Moving In and Out of Islam explores the experiences of people who have come into the faith along with those who have chosen to leave it—including some individuals who have both moved into and out of Islam over the course of their lives. Sixteen empirical case studies trace the processes of moving in or out of Islam in Western and Central Europe, the United States, Canada, and the Middle East. Going beyond fixed notions of conversion or apostasy, the contributors focus on the ambiguity, doubts, and nonlinear trajectories of both moving in and out of Islam. They show how people shifting in either direction have to learn or unlearn habits and change their styles of clothing, dietary restrictions, and ways of interacting with their communities. They also look at how communities react to both converts to the religion and converts out of it, including controversies over the death penalty for apostates. The contributors cover the political aspects of conversion as well, including debates on radicalization in the era of the “war on terror” and the role of moderate Islam in conversions.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Introduction Moving In and Out of Islam1 -- People Do Not Convert but Change Critical Analysis of Concepts of Spiritual Transitions -- Moving In or Moving Toward? Reconceptualizing Conversion to Islam as a Liminal Process1 -- Understanding Religious Apostasy, Disaffiliation, and Islam in Contemporary Sweden -- Giving Islam a Germ an Face -- Merging Culture with Religion Trajectories of Slovak and Czech Muslim Converts since 19891 -- Moving into Shiʿa Islam The “Process of Subjectification” among Shiʿa Women Converts in London1 -- Can a Tatar Move Out of Islam? -- Religious Authority and Conversions in Berlin’ s Sufi Communities -- Deradicalization through Conversion to Traditional Islam Hamza Yusuf’s Attempt to Revive Sacred Knowledge within a North Atlantic Context -- Escaping the Limelight The Politics of Opacity and the Life of a Dutch Preacher in the UK -- British Muslim Converts Comparing Conversion and Deconversion Processes to and from Islam -- In the Closet The Concealment of Apostasy among Ex-Muslims in Britain and Canada -- Religious Skepticism and Nonbelieving in Egypt -- “God Never existed, and I was looking for him like crazy!” Muslim Stories of Deconversion -- Faith No More The Views of Lithuanian Converts to Islam on Deconversion -- Let’s Talk about Apostasy! Swedish Imams, Apostasy Debates, and Police Reports on Hate Crimes and (De)conversion1 -- Contributors -- Index