Rethinking Conversion: Beyond the Religious and the Secular
In: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2016/11
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In: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Research Paper No. RSCAS 2016/11
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This article seeks to pinpoint some of the consequences of the secularization process – conceived as the dissociation of religion from both state politics and culture – with the aim of broadening the conceptualization of conversion. Conversion is therefore considered to be a social fact beyond the religious and the secular, for which the concept of 'trans-formation' is employed in order to grasp this phenomenon. The concept of trans-formation posits processes of conversion as shifts from intimate convictions to public values. From this perspective, based on a pragmatic sociology of values, religious conversions are put forth as one possible way to qualify trajectories that the concept of trans-formation aims to comprehend. The article ends by considering the status of religious convictions in comparison with convictions otherwise qualified.
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In: SociologieS: revue scientifique internationale
ISSN: 1992-2655
In: SociologieS: revue scientifique internationale
ISSN: 1992-2655
In: SociologieS: revue scientifique internationale
ISSN: 1992-2655
In: SociologieS: revue scientifique internationale
ISSN: 1992-2655