Religious Conversion: Religion Scholars Thinking Together explores various issues relating to the nature, methods, and effects of religious conversion in the major world faiths.
* Presents the results of an innovative ten-year project initiated the World Council of Churches
* Features contributions from religious scholars and leaders of Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Jewish, and Muslim traditions
* Considers myriad issues relating to the nature, methods, and effects of religious conversion in the major world faiths
* Addresses questions on religious freedom, legal considerations, and the future for religious conversion
Table des matières
Notes on Contributors vii
Introduction 1
Shanta Premawardhana
Part I: Preliminary Considerations 7
1 Thinking Together: A Story and a Method 9
M. Thomas Thangaraj
2 Defining Religious Conversion 21
M. Thomas Thangaraj
3 Models of Religious Belonging 32
Rita M. Gross
4 Conversion Sought and Feared 45
Hans Ucko
Part II: Views from Five Religious Traditions 61
5 Buddhists on Religious Conversion: A Critical Issue 63
Mahinda Deegalle
6 A Christian Perspective on Conversion 83
Jay T. Rock
7 Conversion from a Hindu Perspective: Controversies, Challenges, and Opportunities 98
Anantanand Rambachan
8 Islamic Perspectives on Conversion: Aid Evangelism and Apostasy Law 119
A. Rashied Omar and Rabia Terri Harris
9 Jewish Perspectives on Conversion 142
Amy Eilberg
Part III: Conversion and Human Rights 159
10 Conversion and Religious Freedom 161
S. Wesley Ariarajah
11 The Right to Religious Freedom and Proselytism: A Legal Perspective 177
Ravin Ramdass
Part IV: Looking to the Future 197
Epilogue: To Learn and to Encourage: Insights from the Thinking Together Group 199
Shanta Premawardhana
A Study Guide 205
Deborah Weissman
Index 212
A propos de l’auteur
Shanta Premawardhana is President of the Seminary Consortium for Urban Pastoral Education (SCUPE) in Chicago, a member of the governing board of the National Council of Churches, and a member of the board of trustees of the Parliament of the World’s Religions. He was the director of the Interreligious Dialogue and Cooperation programme of the World Council of Churches during which time he convened the Thinking Together group of religious scholars. He has published numerous articles on religion, interreligious dialogue, and Christian mission, and is co-editor of Sharing Values: A Hermeneutics for Global Ethics (2011).
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