Conversion as Negotiation. Converts as Actors of Civil Society

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ID3525902
AuthorsKatrin Langewiesche (Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, corresponding author)
Year2020
Volume11
Issue7
Pages322
Publication date2020-06-30
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReligions (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2077-1444 • E-ISSN: 2077-1444
PublisherMDPI AG (PUBLISHER • IT)
DOI10.3390/rel11070322
OpenAlexW3039542681
LanguageEN
Citations received2
References cited40

This article focuses on the religious movement of the Ahmadiyya and its civil society organization, Humanity First, in West-Africa and in Europe. Particular attention is paid to the place of converts within these two institutions. Conversions to an Islamic minority and the actions of this minority are studied through the prism of social commitment. I examine the intersections between religious values, the ideas of solidarity in the societies under scrutiny and, the kaleidoscopic range of Muslim charities. The paper investigates conversion as negotiation in regard to gender, social mobility, and power. Conversion is approached here as a matter of social relations and not personal belief. I argue that converts have to use various strategies of recognition, either as individuals or as a group, which places them in a permanent state of negotiation with their entourage

Civil society · Humanity · Islam · Negotiation · Political economy · Political science · Prism · Scrutiny · Sociology · Solidarity · African history and culture analysis · Law · Multiculturalism, Politics, Migration, Gender · Religion, Society, and Development

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