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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Format: | Electronic Article |
Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
2023
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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
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IxTheo 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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