Religious identity and social change: explaining Christian conversion in a Muslim world

Making sense of the context -- Methodology and description of Kyrgyz Christians -- Approaches to the study of religious conversion -- Religious capital and Kyrgyz conversion -- The social and cultural capital and Kyrgyz conversion -- Life situations, solutions and explanations -- Living out a minori...

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Published in:Routledge advances in sociology
Main Author: Radford, David (Author)
Format: Print Book
Language:English
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Published: Abingdon, Oxon New York, NY Routledge [2015]
In: Routledge advances in sociology (150)
Series/Journal:Routledge advances in sociology 150
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Kyrgyzstan / Kyrgyz / Muslim / Conversion (Religion) / Christianity
Further subjects:B Christianity and other religions Islam
B Kyrgyzstan Religion
B Christian converts from Islam (Kyrgyzstan)
B Islam Relations Christianity
B Identification (religion)
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Summary:Making sense of the context -- Methodology and description of Kyrgyz Christians -- Approaches to the study of religious conversion -- Religious capital and Kyrgyz conversion -- The social and cultural capital and Kyrgyz conversion -- Life situations, solutions and explanations -- Living out a minority Kyrgyz Christian identity in a majority Muslim Kyrgyz world -- Religious conversion and the re-construction of ethnic identity
Item Description:Includes bibliographical references and index
ISBN:1138022829