The anthropology of religious conversion / edited by Andrew Buckser and Stephen D. Glazier.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Buckser, Andrew, 1964-

Glazier, Stephen D., editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Conversion.

Psychology, Religious.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (257 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, [2003]

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Anthropology of Religious Conversion paints a picture of conversion far more complex than its customary image in anthropology and religious studies. Conversion is very seldom simply a sudden moment of insight or inspiration; it is a change both of individual consciousness and of social belonging, of mental attitude and of physical experience, whose unfolding depends both on its cultural setting and on the distinct individuals who undergo it. The book explores religious conversion in a variety of cultural settings and considers how anthropological approaches can help us understand the pheno

Contents:

Title Page; Copyright Page; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 The Anthropology of Conversion: An Introduction Diane Austin-Broos; Part One: Conversion and Social Processes; 2 Continuous Conversion? The Rhetoric, Practice, and Rhetorical Practice of Charismatic Protestant Conversion Simon Coleman; 3 Agency, Bureaucracy, and Religious Conversion: Ethiopian ""Felashmura"" Immigrants to Israel Don Seeman; 4 Converted Innocents and Their Trickster Heroes: The Politics of Proselytizing in India Kalyani Devaki Menon

5 Comparing Conversions among the Dani of Irian Jaya Charles E. Farhadian6 Social Conversion and Group Definition in Jewish Copenhagen Andrew Buckser; 7 Conversion and Marginality in Southern Italy Maria Pia Di Bella; Part Two: Conceptualizing Conversion: Alternative Perspectives; 8 ""I Discovered My Sin!"": Aguaruna Evangelical Conversion Narratives Robert J. Priest; 9 Turning the Belly: Insights on Religious Conversion from New Guinea Gut Feelings Roger Ivar Lohmann; 10 Constraint and Freedom in Icelandic Conversions Robert T. Anderson

11 Mystical Experiences, American Culture, and Conversion to Christian Spiritualism Thomas Kingsley BrownPart Three: Conversion and Individual Experience; 12 ""Limin' wid Jah"": Spiritual Baptists Who Become Rastafarians and Then Become Spiritual Baptists Again Stephen D. Glazier; 13 Converting to What? Embodied Culture and the Adoption of New Beliefs Rebecca Sachs Norris; 14 From Jehovah's Witness to Benedictine Nun: The Roles of Experience and Context in a Double Conversion Mary Ann Reidhead and Van A. Reidhead

15 Converted Christians, Shamans, and the House of God: The Reasons for Conversion Given by the Western Toba of the Argentine Chaco Marcela MendozaAfterword; 16 Anthropology and the Study of Conversion Lewis R. Rambo; Index; About the Contributors

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

979-82-16-24525-4

1-299-79502-1

0-585-48305-1

OCLC:

856869680