Conversion Motifs Among British Converts to Islam

Lofland and Skonovd's (1981) conversion motifs were assessed in the conversion biographies of 70 British-born converts to Islam. Intellectual, experimental, and affectional motifs were reported by about 67% of those interviewed, the mystical motif appeared in about 14%, and the coercive and rev...

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Authors: Köse, Ali 1963- (Author) ; Loewenthal, Kate Miriam 1941- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group 2000
In: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Year: 2000, Volume: 10, Issue: 2, Pages: 101-110
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Summary:Lofland and Skonovd's (1981) conversion motifs were assessed in the conversion biographies of 70 British-born converts to Islam. Intellectual, experimental, and affectional motifs were reported by about 67% of those interviewed, the mystical motif appeared in about 14%, and the coercive and revivalist motifs almost never. The normative convert to Islam was male, non-Sufi, and not married to a Muslim at the time of conversion and reported intellectual and experimental conversion motifs. Rambo's (1993) suggestions about the motifs present in the encapsulation of converts to world-affirming and world-rejecting religious groups were partially supported. This biographical method of assessing conversion motifs is suggested as a feasible, reliable, and valid way of producing shorthand conversion histories, retaining some of the individuality of each conversion account, and enabling quantitative analysis and conclusions about normative conversion careers to be made.
ISSN:1532-7582
Contains:Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1207/S15327582IJPR1002_03