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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Type de support: | Électronique Article |
Langue: | Anglais |
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Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group
2000
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The international journal for the psychology of religion
Année: 2000, Volume: 10, Numéro: 2, Pages: 101-110 |
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Résumé: | 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. |
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ISSN: | 1532-7582 |
Contient: | Enthalten in: The international journal for the psychology of religion
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Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1207/S15327582IJPR1002_03 |