Conversion in the age of pluralism / edited by Guiseppe Giordan.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Giordan, Giuseppe.

Series:

Religion and the social order ; v. 17.

Religion and the social order, 1061-5210 ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion.

Religious pluralism.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (348 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2009.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The theme of conversion constitutes a privileged point to study the framework linking an individual to the sociocultural contexts in which he or she is included. Changes in personal biographies and sociocultural change are interwoven when we speak of conversion: values, speech, norms, behaviors, beliefs, lifestyles, interests--everything is open to potential debate when an individual \'converts.\' Conversion is especially developed here through a connection with the dynamics of pluralism, which appears to be the most peculiar cultural characteristic of our era: what does it mean to speak of \'conversion\' in a time in which it seems that the presumption of only one \'true\' truth no longer exists, while instead many different truths live together, each with its own judgment criteria.

Contents:

Preface: The sociology of conversion / Roberto Cipriani

Introduction: The varieties of conversion experience / Giuseppe Giordan

The meaning of conversion : redirection of foundational trust / Anthony J. Blasi

Conversion : heroes and their sociological redemption / Kieran Flanagan

Elements for a semiotics of "conversion" / Patrick Michel

For love of faith : patterns of religious engagement in a new town / Kees de Groot

Pilgrimage and conversion / William H. Swatos, Jr.

Becoming a new ager : a conversion, an affiliation, a fashion? / Regis Dericquebourg

Enchantment, identity, community, and conversion : Catholics, Afro-Brazilians and Protestants in Brazil / Roberto Motta

Convert, revert, pervert / Enzo Pace

Conversion as a new lifestyle : an exploratory study of Soka Gakkai in Italy / Luigi Berzano and Eliana Martoglio

Conversion as opposition / Giuseppe Giordan

Making the convert : conversions in the LDS community today / Sophie-Helene Trigeaud

A cognitive psychology perspective on religious conversion as told in the Gospels / Stefano Federici, Pierluigi Caddeo, and Francesco Valerio Tommasi

Conversion and mission : missionary insertion and the social conditions of Christianization / Paul-Andre Turcotte.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

1-282-60170-9

9786612601705

90-474-4494-9

OCLC:

607552761

Publisher Number:

10.1163/ej.9789004178038.i-334 DOI