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Conversion in the age of pluralism
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ISSN: 10615210 ISBN: 1282601709 9786612601705 9047444949 9789047444947 9789004178038 9004178031 9781282601703 6612601701 Year: 2009 Volume: 17 Publisher: Leiden: Brill,

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The theme of conversion constitutes a privileged point to study the framework linking an individual to the sociocultural contexts in which he or she is included. Changes in personal biographies and sociocultural change are interwoven when we speak of conversion: values, speech, norms, behaviors, beliefs, lifestyles, interests--everything is open to potential debate when an individual 'converts.' Conversion is especially developed here through a connection with the dynamics of pluralism, which appears to be the most peculiar cultural characteristic of our era: what does it mean to speak of 'conversion' in a time in which it seems that the presumption of only one 'true' truth no longer exists, while instead many different truths live together, each with its own judgment criteria.

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