
	Where results make sense

Topic: Religious conversion

Related Topics

Proselytization

Giur

Ger Tzedek

Christian Antisemitism

Jewish views of religious pluralism

Secondary conversion

Religious

Messianic Judaism

Conservative Judaism

Jewish principles of faith

Judaism

List of converts to Judaism

Apostate

New religious movement

Orthodox Judaism

	The Psychology of Religious Conversion
		Initially, let it be admitted that while we are primarily considering the issue of religious conversion, conversion is a more general term that applies to all changes that involve a transformation of opinion from one belief to another.
		Religious conformity is the term that describes the decision to do what is religiously expected in one’s culture, for example, in Japanese culture, to follow along with the Buddhist and Shinto way of seeing things.
		As the conversion process progressed, seekers were encouraged to engage in further study of the group’s approach and to cut off their contact with those outside the group who might deplete their newfound approach.
	www.religiousfreedom.com /Conference/japan/Malony.htm (2588 words)

	Conversion
		Conversion could take place within the same religious system to which an individual or group already belongs or professes, or it could involve a change away from a religion to which one was previously affiliated to another one all together.
		The fluid and complex nature of religious conversion is clearly a reflection of the characteristic dynamic nature of religion itself among the groups.
		Their cumulative spiritual heritage and religious insight were preserved and handed on from one generation to the next through such oral media as speech-forms, including myths, legends, stories, proverbs, and names, art-forms including sculptures, carvings, and festivals, and important institutions like shrines, masquerades, kingship institution and so on.
	afgen.com /conversion.html (4871 words)

	Still Untouchable: The Politics of Religious Conversion
		At the time of conversion, they are assured that they are being inducted into a religious fold that is egalitarian and free from the twin curses of caste and untouchability.
		A mass conversions of dalits to Buddhism in recent months in India poses the question once again whether religious conversion alone can improve the social and economic status of people who have been marginalized for centuries.
		Such conversions expose the hypocrisy of the religious and political leaders who exploit the socially and economically backward groups for their own ends.
	www.religion-online.org /showarticle.asp?title=2661 (1344 words)

	Sri Lanka -- Criminalizing Religious Conversion
		On July 22, 2004, Sri Lanka's JHU Party introduced legislation that would silence religious expression and criminalize religious conversions in the country.
		The proposed law represents a stark culmination of a wave of religious intolerance sweeping Buddhist-controlled Sri Lanka.
		Becket Fund warns that tsunami aid is threatened The government of Sri Lanka is poised to introduce a bill that would outlaw religious conversions in the island nation.
	www.becketfund.org /index.php/case/91.html (646 words)

	Aagaard, Johannes, Ph.D.: "Conversion, Religious Change, and the Challenge of New Religious Movements" - ...
		Conversion in the biblical sense is concerned with a change in faith and one's personal relationship with God.
		Religious change refers to the process by which this underlying code is altered.
		Contemporary culture is undergoing a marked religious change in the direction of the "Pacific paradigm," a trans-syncretism that fuses eastern mysticism and western capitalism.
	www.icsahome.com /infoserv_articles/aagaard_johannes_conversionreligiouschange_abs.htm (312 words)

	Servant Leadership Blog: Religious Conversion and Servant Leadership. (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Servant Leadership Blog: Religious Conversion and Servant Leadership.
		Equating conversion to one particular religion with meeting peoples most important needs does not seem to about listening to those you serve.
		Servant leadership is at it core spiritual and not necessarily religious.
	servantleadershipblog.com /servant-leadership/blog/2006/11/religious-conversion-and-servant.html (289 words)

	Conversion
		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.
		Conversion, therefore, is not a matter of rethinking the nature of reality, but of "turning the belly," changing the individual's relationship with the spiritual beings who direct his or her volition.
		In both cases, her conversions (the first from Jehovah's Witness to Roman Catholicism, and the second to Benedictine monasticism) involve the kinds of overpowering religious experiences that conversion studies have generally explored and that might seem to suggest a total transformation of worldview before and after.
	wordtrade.com /religion/conversionR.htm (2300 words)

	Sankrant Sanu's Blog : The Conversion War and Religious Freedom, Sankrant Sanu blogs on sulekha, Religion blogs, ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		For understanding religious freedom we need to examine the distinctions between two kinds of traditions that are classified as âreligion.â In particular, there is a distinction between what African scholar Makau Mutua calls âproselytizing universalist faithsâ[i] and other human traditions.
		When religious freedom gets defined simply as the non-interference of the state in religious activity it serves to privilege those private institutions that view religion as a competitive quest for monopoly and have mobilized enormous resources to this end.
		While the bill prohibits conversions with the use of coercion or allurements, the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom has expressed âconcernâ urging the âSri Lankan government to refrain from passing laws that are inconsistent with international standards.â[xxv] These international standards are precisely the human rights laws that are the subject of this discussion.
	sankrant.sulekha.com /blog/post/2005/12/the-conversion-war-and-religious-freedom.htm (5812 words)

	Developmental Aspects of
		Religious maturity and human maturity are intimately connected. An immature religious view of life may be the result of not having negotiated the stages of human growth. However, religious structures themselves have at times inhibited human growth. (p.
		Conversion is, among other things, a creative event. It is a matter of life and death.
		The developing mental capacities enable the adolescent to contemplate their spiritual condition. Can an adolescent undergo conversion? If the same question is asked about children and conversion the answer is that it "depends on the child, his ability, his age, maturation, and capacity to grasp thoughts and make decisions" (Ingle, 1970, p.
	www.shsu.edu /~piic/spring2003/grein.html (1888 words)

	Conversion
		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.
		Conversion, therefore, is not a matter of rethinking the nature of reality, but of "turning the belly," changing the individual's relationship with the spiritual beings who direct his or her volition.
		In both cases, her conversions (the first from Jehovah's Witness to Roman Catholicism, and the second to Benedictine monasticism) involve the kinds of overpowering religious experiences that conversion studies have generally explored and that might seem to suggest a total transformation of worldview before and after.
	www.wordtrade.com /religion/conversionR.htm (2300 words)

	The Psychology of Religious Conversion
		I wish that I could say that the psychology of conversion had a unified, sophisticated, coherent theory that I could give you today, and you could all walk out and say, “Ah, now I understand the psychology of conversion.” Unfortunately, what we have in fact are psychologies.
		We, who study and are participants in new religious movements or sectarian religious groups, need to recognize that we should be critical on these issues as well.
		Secondly, what is very clear is that virtually all religious groups emphasize the importance of relationships with the leader of the group, and with members of the group.
	www.religiousfreedom.com /conference/Germany/rambo.htm (3142 words)

	Religious Conversion in Shambhala
		Nevertheless, numerous examples exist of the forced conversion of Tibetan monasteries from one Buddhist sect to another or the recognition of a tulku (reincarnate spiritual master) as being of a different school than was his predecessor.
		The unstated motive has usually been to neutralize political or military opposition, as was undoubtedly the case in the seventeenth century CE with the recognition of a Mongol prince as the Gelugpa reincarnation of the Jonangpa master Taranatha.
		The First Kalki was pressing for religious harmony and unity of purpose, not religious uniformity, as the means to ward off threats to society.
	www.berzinarchives.com /kalachakra/religious_conversion_shambhala.html (4935 words)

	Sociology of Coversion
		In one set of principles, this model of conversion unites the traditions of strain theory and social influence theory, and its very eclecticism is undoubtedly greatly responsible for the influence it has held over later scholars.
		The effect is that equally religious people in different traditions use quite different language to describe their religiousness, some describing conversion experiences and others not.
		A religious movement can spread most rapidly through an extended network of existing family and friendship ties, but the paradox is that persons already embedded in social relationships are least free to change affiliations.
	mysite.verizon.net /wsbainbridge/dl/conversion.htm (6012 words)

	Religious conversion at AllExperts
		Religious conversion is the adoption of new religious beliefs that differ from the convert's previous beliefs; in some cultures (e.g.
		One such group, Conversion Exodus, was founded to assist persons who experienced serious social and psychological difficulties as a result of excessive obstacles placed in the way of their conversion as well as practices which they deem to be unethical or emotionally abusive.
		Conversion to new religious movements (NRM's) (often called popularly called cults) is riddled with controversies.
	en.allexperts.com /e/r/re/religious_conversion.htm (4589 words)

	Old World Contacts: Cultural Conversion Theory Page
		Although the term conversion often evokes images of cathartic religious transformations that are highly individualistic, large-scale adaptation may also be termed conversion and while religious conversion may be an aspect of this broader cultural shift, it is this latter definition, "group conversion," so to speak, that most typifies cultural exchanges in the Old World.
		Conversion by voluntary association results when political, social, or economic advantages were the initial incentive to association.
		The conversion could be through voluntary association, by establishing the advantages of the new religion, or through pressure, by utilising military or economic force.
	www.ucalgary.ca /applied_history/tutor/oldwrld/contacttheory.html (1208 words)

	The Anthropology of Religious Conversion - Science - RedOrbit
		Finally, eminent religious scholar Lewis Rambo ties the volume together quite nicely, noting in the afterword that these essays serve to do what anthropology generally does well, which is to keep the theoretical contributions of their studies grounded in ethnographic and contextual specificity.
		Those who are persuaded by the call for the abandonment of the "conversion" concept as overly determined by Western Christian theology would do well to attend to the use of the concept within the variety of contexts here, both by the outsider anthropologists and their insider collaborators.
		This book should become an important part of contemporary religious studies, and is a very worthwhile volume for anyone seeking to include anthropological/ethnographic views in their thinking on religious conversion.
	www.redorbit.com /news/science/733227/the_anthropology_of_religious_conversion/index.html?source=r_science (549 words)

	Is conversion is violence on Hindus?
		Religions that are committed by their theologies to convert, on the other hand, are necessarily aggressive, since conversion implies a conscious intrusion into the religious life of a person, in fact, into the religious person.
		Religious conversion is violence and it breeds violence.
		Any protest against religious conversion is always branded as persecution, because it is maintained that people are not allowed to practise their religion, that their religious freedom is curbed.
	www.appiusforum.com /conversion_violence.html (1013 words)

	«Conversion» in African Traditional Religion
		The conversion of the candidate to serve as Isiedo, the traditional priest of Edo from Obaisiedo village group, was always a dramatic religious experience.
		The rate of conversion of millions of former adherents of African indigenous religions to one or other of the missionary religions now available in Africa is nothing short of a revolution.
		The mass conversion of former adherents of indigenous religions in Africa to Islam and Christianity has evidently brought about the discontinuation of several aspects of the traditional religious culture of the people.
	www.afrikaworld.net /afrel/conversion.htm (5062 words)

	World Council of Churches and Vatican to agree code on religious conversion \| Ekklesia
		Tens of thousands of people from a variety of religious traditions across the United States are preparing to fast on Monday 8 October 2007, as part of an initiative to pray and work for peace in Iraq.
		The study project, named "Interreligious reflection on conversion: from controversy to a shared code of conduct", is being launched with a meeting in Velletri, Rome, from 12-16 May 2006.
		The next stages of the project will be, first, a discussion of religious conversion from a Christian perspective and, second, the establishment of a shared code of conduct.
	www.ekklesia.co.uk /content/news_syndication/article_060510convert.shtml (735 words)

	Common Code of Conduct on Religious Conversion
		It was apparent to all that conversions of persons and communities from one faith to another were not without its problems.
		One religious community may accuse the other of political, economic, or, social motives, where communities are targeted for conversions with the hope of dislodging them from traditional culture and social loyalties.
		As the participants prepared to report on their discussions at the end of the Consultation, they were able to affirm that freedom of religion and respect for the other must always be held in creative tension.
	www.ccmalaysia.org /news/20060516common_code_of_conduct.htm (674 words)

	To Pope from Swami Dayananada Saraswati (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
		Religions that are committed by their theologies to convert, on the other hand, are necessarily aggressive, since conversion implies a conscious intrusion into the religious life of a person, in fact, into the religious person.
		Religious conversion is violence and it breeds violence.
		Any protest against religious conversion is always branded as persecution, because it is maintained that people are not allowed to practice their religion, that their religious freedom is curbed.
	www.hindunet.org /conversions/pope99/to_pope_from_swami_dayananada_sa.htm (1036 words)

	Superch
		The church's conversion and commitment techniques are seemingly opposed to traditional, conservative schools of Evangelical thought, which call for exhortation, behavioral controls and one moment of divine, or "Pauline" conversion.
		The fact that conversion is not essential to religious affiliating, "whether lightning conversion by the hand of God or an elaborate series of rituals in three steps, is most simply demonstrated by the fact that many groups fail to employ this concept" (Stark and Bainbridge, 199).
		Suggesting "a radical, perhaps supernatural transformation of the person who is converted" (195), the concept of conversion may not be able to account for the occurrence of multiple conversions, over a lifetime, or the inability of certain religious organizations to move, and keep, members in high levels of commitment.
	religiousmovements.lib.virginia.edu /nrms/superch.html (18735 words)

	Desicritics.org: Merits of Religious Conversion: Let the Youth Decide
		However, what makes it an interesting social phenomenon is that resurgence in religious faith is cutting across all ideologies and is prevalent too among the educated class, debunking the oft-quoted myth that religious observance is declining among the educated class.
		If that is the case, the bogey of conversion that is often read and interpreted in a certain way and applied to the poor and illiterate who are apparently susceptible to inducements, should also reinterpreted.
		By banning religious conversion in some of its states, India just send a clear message to the world that all the religions are equal, and we are committed to keep our well acknowledged religious tolerance and commitment towards communal harmony.
	desicritics.org /2006/10/14/001329.php (2413 words)

	The Conversion of Religious Minorities to the Bahá'í Faith in Iran
		These conversions were largely confined to the Zoroastrian and Jewish communities and did not involve Iran's largest religious minority, the Christians.
		This conversion movement involved a significant portion of the educated merchant elite of the Zoroastrians in Yazd (Stiles, "Early Zoroastrian"), all of the Zoroastrians of Qazvin (Dhalla, Dastur Dhalla 726), and a significant number in Kashan and Tehran as well.
		These conversions do not appear to have had any connection with later Bahá'í conversions.
	www.safnet.com /bahai/docs/conversion1.html (1523 words)

	DYNAMICS OF RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
		This book gives you (1) an understanding of the interior process of religious conversion as viewed not only by psychology but also from the fields of Biblical research, systematic and pastoral theology, the social sciences, and literary studies; (2) a large amount of material on
		This is the only book on religious conversion which centers around the quest for personal identity and subsequent religious transformation.
		Religious Conversion and Identity; Implications for Nurture and Ministry
	www.bham.net /releduc/expandedview/dynamics_of_religious_conversion.htm (438 words)

Try your search on: Qwika (all wikis)