Conversion controlled: Missiological reflections on assessing conversions to Christianity among asylum seekers in the European Union
This article draws on the interactions of multiple voices addressing the issue of conversion-based asylum claims in Europe. It formulates a set of theological and missiological reflections on conversion and asylum. It argues that the complex interactions among immigration services, institutionalized...
| Published in: | Theology |
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| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
[2017]
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| In: |
Theology
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy CB Christian life; spirituality KBD Benelux countries SA Church law; state-church law |
| Further subjects: | B
Asylum Seekers
B Christian organizations B European Union B asylum policy B Conversion |
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| Summary: | This article draws on the interactions of multiple voices addressing the issue of conversion-based asylum claims in Europe. It formulates a set of theological and missiological reflections on conversion and asylum. It argues that the complex interactions among immigration services, institutionalized churches, Christian organizations and asylum seekers capture conversion as static. The article proposes moving beyond the credibility discourse, which preserves the model of conversion from one closed faith system into another, and revisiting more complex theologies of conversion theologies. |
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| ISSN: | 2044-2696 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/0040571X17710200 |