RT Article
T1 Producing Authenticity, Difference and Extremism: The Framing of Religious Converts in Dutch and Flemish Newspapers
JF Religion & gender
VO 13
IS 2
SP 115
OP 140
A1 Brandt, Nella van den
A1 Berg, Mariecke van den 1983-
A1 Meijer, Béracha
A2 Berg, Mariecke van den 1983-
A2 Meijer, Béracha
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1859000592
AB In this article, we explore the framing of religious converts by Dutch and Flemish newspapers in the period 1991–2017. We focus on the differences and commonalities in ways of talking about religious conversions to Christianity and Islam. Our approach is to probe the ‘figure’ of the convert: How is the religious convert framed and understood? We present a typology of figures of the religious convert emerging from our material, including the ‘authentic seeker’, the ‘exemplary believer’, the ‘cultural other’, the ‘victim’, the ‘opportunist’ and the ‘extremist’. This approach allows us to explore how newspapers promote particular notions of conversion, and to show that the framing of religious converts is mediated by religion, gender, race and citizenship.
K1 Belgium
K1 Netherlands
K1 Islam
K1 Christianity
K1 Media
K1 Discourse Analysis
K1 Religious Conversion
DO 10.1163/18785417-01302003