Religious Wandering in French Romantic Culture

2018 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Kselman
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Heinrich Heine ◽  
Religious Conversions ◽  
French Culture ◽  
Romantic Era

This chapter presents the “wandering Jew” as a symbol that captures the significance of religious choice in French culture during the Romantic era (1800-1848). It relates the surge of interest in the story of the “wandering Jew” to other major works of the period which focus on religious conversions. Novelists Chateaubriand and Eugène Sue, operatic composers Halévy and Meyerbeer, the essayist and poet Heinrich Heine, all created works in which religious conversion is at the center of tragic scenes that show individuals in conflict with themselves, their families, and their communities. These stories establish the cultural context within which the converts studied in this book lived and thought.

scholarly journals Ottoman heritage: Strategies, topoi and agents

2021 ◽  
Vol 69 (1) ◽  
pp. 7-17
Author(s):  
Marija Mandic
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Cultural Practices ◽  
Religious Affiliation ◽  
Interreligious Dialogue ◽  
Thematic Issue ◽  
Discursive Practice ◽  
International Context ◽  
The Past ◽  
Historical Figures

In the first part of the introductory text, I present a theoretical framework that places the attitude towards the Ottoman heritage in a broader socio-cultural context. I distinguish between the two basic strategies in relation to the Ottoman heritage in the Balkan modern societies, and they are: de-Ottomanization (neglecting of Ottoman influences) and internalization. Furthermore, I point out that both strategies were created under the direct influence of the discursive practice of Orientalism, with which they share rhetoric and internal logic. Furthermore, I show, based on several examples of linguistic and cultural practices, how both strategies have been implemented in Serbia. In the second part, I present the papers in this thematic issue and identify the topics presented in it, namely: interreligious dialogue, negotiation of ethnic and religious affiliation in everyday life, religious conversion, inherited institutions of the Ottoman society and attitude towards them, (re)presentation of historical figures and events in literary narratives, Muslim religious organizations in the past and present. The thematic issue aims to contribute to academic dialogue in domestic and international context, in which strategies, topoi and actors related to the Ottoman heritage, Muslims and Islam are very current.

Digitally Mapping the Poetry and Correspondence of Amelia Opie

2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Naomi Chernos
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Religious Faith ◽  
Christian Faith ◽  
Digital Analysis ◽  
Religious Identities ◽  
Revolutionary Politics ◽  
Romantic Era ◽  
Digital Methods ◽  
Interesting Area ◽  
Amelia Opie

Amelia Opie was a Romantic era writer, engaged in revolutionary politics, who in midlife, became a devout Quaker, and gave up the publishing of fiction. Many scholars and contemporaries of Opie have commented on her sudden religious conversion, and suggested that Opie was engaged in a complicated “conscious struggle to mediate an identity which could include both her talents as a writer and her personal faith (“Introduction” LII). The Quaker faith had strict rules against the publishing of fiction, and a Quaker should never be engaged in creative authorship. Consequently, Opie’s poetry written after her turn to Quakerism forms an interesting area, and raises questions about her negotiation of artistic and religious identities. Digital methods of statistical analysis were used to examine the shifts in her poetry personal correspondence, particularly with regards to Opie’s attitudes towards mourning and religious faith were examined. Indications were that Opie used religion as consolation in her elegies as well as her life. However, a closer examination of her poetry and letters reveal that Opie was somewhat uneasy with her reliance on Christian faith, negotiating between that and her worldly concerns, rather than being wholly comforted by God. In the case of her father Opie found her faith to be inadequate, showing that only a whole acceptance allows for proper mourning. Although a digital analysis indicates that Opie used her faith as consolation for suffering, a closer reading suggests that this process was complex that her faith was ultimately unable to provide an adequate substitute.

scholarly journals Religious Conversion of the Ethnic Minorities in the South of Vietnam

2016 ◽  
Vol 8 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Truong Phan Chau Tam
Keyword(s):  
Social Life ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Religious Life ◽  
Human History ◽  
Ethnic Communities ◽  
The South ◽  
Southern Vietnam ◽  
Religious Conversions ◽  
Religious Convictions ◽  
Time Specific

Religious conversion is a phenomenon that has frequently occurred in human history. As part of religious life, religious conversion reflects fluctuations and changes in social existence, especially changes in the economic, cultural, social, religious factors and one‟s own subjective religious convictions. Religious conversions are taking place in the ethnic communities in Southern Vietnam, but in a context that is space and time specific. So the process of evolution, the nature, dynamics and characteristics of the case of religious conversion here is different and unique. Currently, the study of religious conversion in Vietnam in general and the South in particular, is modest. There have not been many studies regarding case specific religious conversion of people and no studies have done a full assessment of the nature and characteristics of religious conversion on social life in Southern Vietnam as well as forecasted the evolution and impact of the same. This article is intended to present and describe three cases of religious conversion in the south of Vietnam. These are the conversion to Protestantism of ethnic communities Khmer (originating from Cambodia)

scholarly journals Religious Socialization in a High Modern Society

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ekaterina Alexeeva
Keyword(s):  
Religious Identity ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Subjective Experience ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Life Story ◽  
Modern Society ◽  
Religious Community ◽  
Life Strategy ◽  
Religious Groups ◽  
Multiple Modernities

This article is devoted to the study of how religious identity and belonging to a religious community becomes a life strategy for socialization, and can help to overcome crises at different stages of life. The text presents an analysis of the autobiographies of those who made religiosity the basis of their way of life and a means of of self-determination. The methodological basis of the research is the combination of the theory of multiple modernities and the method of biographical interviews. Namely, we pay attention to the strategy of constructing religious identity. Sampling was carried out using a combination of reference sampling methods and ‘snowball’, since our previous experience has shown that this combination gives the best results in the study of hard-to-reach religious groups. In total, the sample included 30 respondents at the rate of three representatives of each denomination (Orthodox, Catholics, old believers, Buddhists, Jews) in each of the two cities. They were interviews (in person and on Skype), then the resulting transcripts were processed according to the methodology of the analysis of biographical narrative, described by T. Ingrata. The method of biographical interview removes the problem of psychological barrier in respondents when communicating on sensitive topics, as Hyde does not affect them directly. When planning the sample, we included major denominations represented in Russia — Orthodoxy, Catholicism, Buddhism and Judaism. This procedure allows identifying and describing strategies of behavior, as it is based on the comparison of biographical data of respondents with the ‘told life story’, that is, the consideration of subjective experience in comparison with the real socio-cultural context. Keywords: religious conversion, life crisis, biography, biography method

scholarly journals Problems of study of conversions to Islam in the Sufi communities of the West: socio-cultural context, institutions, charisma

Islamology ◽  
2017 ◽  
Vol 7 (1) ◽  
pp. 72
Author(s):  
Oleg Yarosh
Keyword(s):  
Collective Identity ◽  
Cultural Context ◽  
Western Europe ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Field Research ◽  
The West ◽  
Life Trajectories ◽  
Conversion To Islam

Present paper examines the processes of native Europeans conversion to Islam in relation to the Sufi communities in the West. It deals with theoretical aspects of the study of Western Sufi communities, the conceptualization of religious conversion and its motives, as well as collective factors and individual trajectories of conversion on the basis of own field research in the Sufi communities in Western Europe and materials presented in the relevant studies. The paper shows that conversion to Islam through Sufi communities is characterized by the transition from religious individualism to collectively shared normativity, while the charisma of the shaykh largely determines the collective identity of the community and affects the life trajectories of its members.

scholarly journals Pedalling Out of Sociocultural Precariousness: Religious Conversions amongst the Hindu Dalits to Christianity in Nepal

Religions ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 12 (10) ◽  
pp. 856
Author(s):  
Bishnu Pariyar ◽  
Sushma Chhinal ◽  
Shyamu Thapa Magar ◽  
Rozy Bisunke
Keyword(s):  
Developing Countries ◽  
Data Collection ◽  
South Asia ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Sociocultural Factors ◽  
Religious Leaders ◽  
Major Topic ◽  
Religious Conversions ◽  
Data Collection And Analysis ◽  
Legal Restrictions

Christian conversion has become a major topic of discussion amongst academics, religious leaders, and policymakers alike in recent decades, especially in developing countries. Nepal has witnessed one of the highest rates of Hinduism to Christianity conversion in South Asia. Whilst there are no legal restrictions for religious conversion in Nepal, the conversion from Hinduism to Christianity appears to be disproportionately higher amongst Dalit communities in Nepal. However, religious conversion amongst Nepalese Dalits is yet to be fully understood. This research uses mixed methodologies of data collection and analysis to explore various issues related to religious conversion amongst Hindu Dalits into Christianity in Nepal. Results indicate whilst elderly and female Dalits tended to convert to Christianity, a range of factors specific to personal and communal biographies including social, cultural, emotional, and spiritual interplay together to shape the process of religious conversion amongst the Dalits. The paper concludes that the study of religious conversion should consider a range of sociocultural factors to fully understand the dynamics of religious conversion amongst Dalits.

scholarly journals Kant, Augustine, and Room for Faith

1970 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 19-35
Author(s):  
Edgar Valdez
Keyword(s):  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Pure Reason ◽  
Critical Philosophy ◽  
Highest Good ◽  
Faith And Reason ◽  
Religious Conversions ◽  
Practical Necessity ◽  
Moral Conversion ◽  
The Relationship

In this paper I argue for a notion of conversion in Kant’s critical philosophy by drawing a connection between the conversions to be found in Kant and the intellectual, moral, and religious conversions of Augustine. I liken Augustine’s Platonic metaphysics of God to Kant’s antinomy of Pure Reason as an intellectual conversion. I link Augustine’s moral conversion with Kant’s meta-maxim to commit to a use of reason that is free from the influence of inclination. I connect Augustine’s religious conversion with Kant’s recognition of God as the postulated condition for the highest good. There are advantages to understanding the conversions in Kant for understanding how his critical philosophy views faith more generally. The conversions in Kant point to the practical necessity of faith as Kant understands it. Such an interpretation also unifies Kant’s contribution to the conversation on the relationship between faith and reason. For Kant faith, much like knowledge, is a form of holding true and as such is reasonable.  

scholarly journals RELIGIOUS CONVERSION ON STUDENTS’ CHARACTERS: A STUDY AT RUMAH YATIM AND TAHFIDZ QUR’AN MADANI BANDUNG

Ta dib ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 23 (2) ◽  
pp. 157
Author(s):  
Dindin Jamaluddin ◽  
Aan Hasanah ◽  
Qiqi Yuliati Zaqiah ◽  
Siti Rahmawati
Keyword(s):  
Qualitative Method ◽  
Industrial Revolution ◽  
Religious Conversion ◽  
Three Dimensions ◽  
Cognitive Dimension ◽  
Religious Conversions ◽  
The Social ◽  
Broken Home ◽  
The Impact

Abstract: The development of individual characters was inseparable from the influence of the social environment. Particularly in the era of Industrial Revolution 4.0, the development is attached to the importance of Information Technology (IT). This study investigated the impact of religious conversion on the students' characteristics in the industrial revolution 4.0 era. It was conducted to the students of Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Bandung, who lived in Rumah Yatim and Tahfidz Qur’an Madani Bandung. It was a qualitative method using case study, designed to comprehensively explore the students’ experiences during the process of their religious conversion and to understand how the experiences transformed their characters. The study used the three-stage data analysis, involving data reduction, presentation and conclusions. From the analysis, it was concluded that: 1) The religious conversions done by the students were influenced predominantly by their mental and environmental factors, especially by the place where they lived; 2) The religious conversions were motivated by certain events such as parents’ divorces or deaths; 3) Their character transformations were varying with three dimensions. In the cognitive dimension, they showed an improvement of critical thinking. In the psychomotor dimension, they were more skilled to socialize. In the affective, they became more emotionally mature because of the improved memorization of the Qur'an. Abstrak: Perkembangan karakter seseorang tidak terlepas dari pengaruh lingkungan, apalagi pengaruh teknologi informasi di Era Revolusi Industri ke empat. Penelitian ini membahas tentang dampak konversi agama terhadap karakteristik peserta didik di usia remaja, khususnya pada mahasiswi Sekolah Tinggi Ilmu Ekonomi Bandung yang tinggal di Rumah Yatim dan Tahfidz Qur’an Madani Bandung. Penelitian ini bertujuan mengetahui bagaimana dampak konversi agama terhadap perubahan karakteristik informan. Sehingga bisa mempelajari lebih dalam setiap kejadian dari proses konversi agamanya. Penelitian ini menggunakan pendekatan kualitatif dengan metode studi kasus, yang bertujuan untuk mempelajari penuh dari setiap kejadian yang dialami informan. Teknik analisis datanya meliputi reduksi data, penyajian data dan penarikan kesimpulan. Dari hasil analisis dapat disimpulkan bahwa: 1) Konsep konversi agama adalah sebagai berubahnya suatu keadaan agama yang didominasi karena faktor batin (kejiwaan) dan faktor lingkungan tempat mereka tinggal. 2) Motivasi konversi agama mereka karena adanya kejadian-kejadian tertentu seperti keluarga broken home, orangtua meninggal, dan lainnya. 3) Dampak karakter setelah mereka konversi agama sangat beragam, dimulai dari kognitif mereka daya berpikir semakin kritis, dari psikomotor mereka lebih terampil untuk bersosialisasi, serta yang terakhir dari afektif karakter mereka lebih terjaga karena salah satu penguatnya adalah hafalan al-Qur’an.

Culture and the plasticity of perception

2020 ◽  
Vol 43 ◽  
Author(s):  
Michael Lifshitz ◽  
T. M. Luhrmann
Keyword(s):  
Cultural Context ◽  
Sensory Experience ◽  
Cultural Learning ◽  
The World

Abstract Culture shapes our basic sensory experience of the world. This is particularly striking in the study of religion and psychosis, where we and others have shown that cultural context determines both the structure and content of hallucination-like events. The cultural shaping of hallucinations may provide a rich case-study for linking cultural learning with emerging prediction-based models of perception.

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