Moving In and Out of Islam /

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

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 ho...

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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
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Physical Description:1 online resource (421 p.)
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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

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