Converting to pre-Islamic glory: historiography and national identity in the narratives of Iranian Christian converts in Denmark

A widely accepted view in the scholarship on religious conversion is that converting to a new religion involves a process of biographic reconstruction. However, conversion may also involve a reconstruction of other kinds of pasts. The article presents a study of Iranian immigrants in Denmark who, co...

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Authors: Husbye Hansen, Sofie Alexandra Juliane (Author) ; Lindhardt, Martin (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Carfax Publ. 2023
In: Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2023, Volume: 38, Issue: 2, Pages: 243-259
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Denmark / Iranians / Islam / Conversion (Religion) / Christianity / Adaptation / Cultural identity / Religious identity
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
BJ Islam
CA Christianity
KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia
KBL Near East and North Africa
TK Recent history
Further subjects:B Historiography
B Nationalism
B Islam
B Iran
B Christianity
B Conversion
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