Conversion Narratives and the Roman Inquisition in Malta, 1650-1700
This article analyses the conversion narratives which Christian renegades to Islam narrated to the inquisitor on their arrival in Malta in the second half of the seventeenth century. A few of them really believed in their new faith and were declared formal heretics, but the great majority had either...
| Published in: | Journal of religious history |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of religious history
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Malta
/ Christian
/ Renegade
/ Islam
/ Conversion (Religion)
/ Inquisition
/ History 1650-1700
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| RelBib Classification: | BJ Islam CB Christian life; spirituality CC Christianity and Non-Christian religion; Inter-religious relations KBL Near East and North Africa RJ Mission; missiology |
| Further subjects: | B
Islam
B Narratives B Apostates B Inquisition B dissemblers |
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| Summary: | This article analyses the conversion narratives which Christian renegades to Islam narrated to the inquisitor on their arrival in Malta in the second half of the seventeenth century. A few of them really believed in their new faith and were declared formal heretics, but the great majority had either been brought up as Muslims since a tender age or else were only suspected of believing that one can save oneself as a Muslim. The inquisitors were very indulgent with them and believed them when they said that they preserved the Christian religion in their hearts and were Muslims only on the outside. |
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| ISSN: | 1467-9809 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religious history
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/1467-9809.12323 |