Religious conversions in the Mediterranean world / edited by Nadia Marzouki, Research Fellow, Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence and Olivier Roy, Head of the Mediterranean Programme, Robert Schuman Center for Advanced Studies, European University Institute, Florence.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Marzouki, Nadia, editor.

Roy, Olivier, 1949- editor of compilaation.

Series:

Islam and nationalism series.

Islam and nationalism series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion--Christianity.

Religion.

Mediterranean Region--Religion.

Mediterranean Region.

Physical Description:

ix, 193 pages ; 23 cm.

Place of Publication:

Houndmills, Basingstoke, Hampshire : Palgrave Macmillan, 2013.

Summary:

While globalisation and the European construction increasingly undermine the model of the nation-state in the Mediterranean world, conversions reveal the capacity of religion to disrupt and unsettle previous understandings of political and social relations. Converts' claims and practice are often met with the hostility of the state and the public, while converts can often be perceived either as traitors or as unconscious and weak tools of foreign manipulation. Based on first-hand ethnographical research from several countries throughout the Mediterranean region, this book is the first of its kind in studying and analysing contemporary conversions and their impact on recasting ideas of nationalism and citizenship. In doing so, this interdisciplinary study confronts historical, anthropological, political science and sociological approaches, which offers an insight into the national, legal and political challenges of legislating for religious minorities that arise from conversions. Moreover, the specific examination of contemporary religious conversion contributes more widely to debates about the delinking of religion and culture, globalization, and secularism. Book jacket.

Contents:

1 Evangelicals in the Arab World: The Example of Lebanon / Fatiha Kaoues Kaoues, Fatiha 13

2 Purifying the Soul and Healing the Nation: Conversions to Evangelical Protestantism in Algeria / Nadia Marzouki Marzouki, Nadia 28

3 Religious Mobilities in the City: African Migrants and New Christendom in Cairo / Julie Picard Picard, Julie 43

4 Pentecostal Judaism and Ethiopian Israelis / Don Seeman Seeman, Don 60

5 Ambiguous Conversions: The Selective Adaptation of Religious Cultures in Colonial North Africa / Heather J. Sharkey Sharkey, Heather J. 77

6 Converts at Work: Confessing a Conversion / Loïc Le Pape Pape, Loïc Le 98

7 Being a Black Convert to Judaism in France / Aurélien Mokoko Gampiot Gampiot, Aurélien Mokoko 115

8 Converting to 'Mormonisms' in France: A Conversion Both Religious and Cultural? / Chrystal Vanel Vanel, Chrystal 139

9 Participating without Converting: The Case of Muslims Attending St Anthony's Church in Istanbul / Benoît Fliche Fliche, Benoît 162.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781137004888

1137004886

OCLC:

842208380