Religious conversion - Topics

Why do adults convert rather than stay with the faith they were raised in? How does the receiving community shape the way converts tell their story? What happens socially when someone leaves the majority faith? Why do some adults return to the faith they left in their twenties? How much do marriage and family pressure drive conversions? What is the difference between conversion and reversion in Muslim and Hindu settings? Why do some countries restrict proselytizing and how is it enforced? Why Muslim population projections depend more on birth rates than on conversion When someone converts does the family usually follow or fracture? How a Navjote initiation is performed What does being born again mean in evangelical churches? Intermarriage and conversion split Parsi opinion sharply How long does a formal conversion take in different traditions? What does reciting the shahada commit a Muslim to? How are conversion numbers used in political arguments about demography? Why do some converts leave again and what does that process look like? How do families react when a child joins a new religious movement? Amrit Sanchar initiation is taken once and binds the wearer to the five Ks What role does prison ministry play in religious conversion? What taking refuge in the three jewels actually commits you to How do missionary groups count and report conversions? Memoirs of leaving a faith and what they reveal about religious socialization What did colonial rule do to religious maps in Africa and South Asia? The paperwork a convert must complete in Orthodox Judaism How are dreams used in accounts of religious conversion? How converts describe the moment they became convinced their new faith was true Who joins a new religious movement and why social ties matter more than doctrine What paperwork does conversion require in countries that register religion? Daily practice is often what converts describe as the hardest part of joining How apostate memoirs shape the public critique of religion What converts say when asked why they chose one religion over another How do new converts learn a different language of prayer?