Description
Book SynopsisReligious Conversion: Religion Scholars Thinking Together explores various issues relating to the nature, methods, and effects of religious conversion in the major world faiths.
Table of ContentsNotes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Shanta Premawardhana
Part I: Preliminary Considerations 7
1 Thinking Together: A Story and a Method 9
M. Thomas Thangaraj
2 Defining Religious Conversion 21
M. Thomas Thangaraj
3 Models of Religious Belonging 32
Rita M. Gross
4 Conversion Sought and Feared 45
Hans Ucko
Part II: Views from Five Religious Traditions 61
5 Buddhists on Religious Conversion: A Critical Issue 63
Mahinda Deegalle
6 A Christian Perspective on Conversion 83
Jay T. Rock
7 Conversion from a Hindu Perspective: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities 98
Anantanand Rambachan
8 Islamic Perspectives on Conversion: Aid Evangelism and Apostasy Law 119
A. Rashied Omar and Rabia Terri Harris
9 Jewish Perspectives on Conversion 142
Amy Eilberg
Part III: Conversion and Human Rights 159
10 Conversion and Religious Freedom 161
S. Wesley Ariarajah
11 The Right to Religious Freedom and Proselytism: A Legal Perspective 177
Ravin Ramdass
Part IV: Looking to the Future 197
Epilogue: To Learn and to Encourage: Insights from the Thinking Together Group 199
Shanta Premawardhana
A Study Guide 205
Deborah Weissman
Index 212
