Religiose Grenzuberschreitungen / Crossing Religious Borders
Studien zu Bekehrung, Konfessions- und Religionswechsel / Studies on Conversion and Religious Belonging
edited by Christine Lienemann-Perrin and Wolfgang Lienemann
Hardback (Published)
(December 2012)
ISBN: 9783447067959
Price: $109.00
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Religious conversion implies far-reaching changes in the lives of human beings. It can be burdensome for inter-church relationships and lead to conflicts between religious communities. Change of adherence as an expression of religious freedom challenges many social relationships as well as state laws affecting religion. The 36 authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas analyze in 43 studies various aspects of religious conversion. Approaches which are representative of specific denominational, cultural, and contextual frameworks in World Christianity are analyzed and compared. Likewise, understandings of religious conversion in Muslim societies and states, in Hinduism and religious traditions in China are explored. German text.
Religious conversion implies far-reaching changes in the lives of human beings. It can be burdensome for inter-church relationships and lead to conflicts between religious communities. Change of adherence as an expression of religious freedom challenges many social relationships as well as state laws affecting religion. The 36 authors from Europe, Asia, Africa, and the Americas analyze in 43 studies various aspects of religious conversion. Approaches which are representative of specific denominational, cultural, and contextual frameworks in World Christianity are analyzed and compared. Likewise, understandings of religious conversion in Muslim societies and states, in Hinduism and religious traditions in China are explored.
- Edited by Wolfgang Lienemann
- Edited by Christine Lienemann-Perrin
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