RT Article
T1 Conversion as Negotiation. Converts as Actors of Civil Society
JF Religions
VO 11
IS 3
A1 Langewiesche, Katrin
LA English
PB MDPI
YR 2020
UL https://www.ixtheo.de/Record/1727133668
AB 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.
K1 Ahmadiyya
K1 Burkina Faso
K1 France
K1 Conversion
K1 faith-based NGO
K1 social engagement
DO 10.3390/rel11070322