Asylum and Conversion from Islam to Christianity in Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches

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Lena Rose (University of Konstanz, Germany.) Ebru Öztürk (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)

Asylum and Conversion from Islam to Christianity in Europe

Interdisciplinary Approaches

Lena Rose (University of Konstanz, Germany.), Ebru Öztürk (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)

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Bloomsbury Academic
13 June 2024

Christianity; Refugees & political asylum

Drawing together previously disjointed scholarship on the topic of asylum and conversion from Islam to Christianity, this book shows how boundaries of belonging are negotiated between Middle Eastern ex-Muslim asylum seekers, church representatives, lawyers, legal decision-makers and policymakers.

With case studies from European countries such as Germany, Austria, Finland and Sweden, the book takes an interdisciplinary approach including ethnographic and other qualitative research, discourse analysis and case law analysis, to explore the complexities of the phenomenon of asylum and conversion from Islam to Christianity.

This book is an authoritative resource for academic scholars in fields as diverse as migration and refugee studies, anthropology, sociology, religious studies, law and socio-legal studies, as well as legal and religious practitioners.

Edited by: Lena Rose (University of Konstanz Germany.), Ebru Öztürk (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Academic
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Dimensions: Height: 234mm, Width: 156mm,
ISBN: 9781350407879
ISBN 10: 1350407879
Pages: 216
Publication Date: 13 June 2024
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Notes on the Contributors 1. Asylum and Conversion to Christianity: An Introduction, Lena Rose (University of Konstanz, Germany) 2. Definitions of Religion as Gatekeeping: A Discursive Approach to the Assessment of Christian Conversion in Finland: A Qualitative Sociological Analysis, Helmi Halonen (University of Helsinki, Finland) 3. Credibility Assessment in Asylum Claims Based on Religious Conversion in Germany: A Qualitative Sociological Analysis, Anne K. Schlüter (University of Münster, Germany) 4. Making the Convert Speak: The Production of Truth and the “Apparatus of Conversion” in Austria, Markus Elias Ramsauer (University of Vienna, Austria) and Ayse Çaglar (University of Vienna/IWM, Austria) 5. Material Conversions: Exploring the Materiality of Asylum Seekers' Conversion Narratives and Processes in Norway, Olav Børreson Fossdal (University of Oslo, Norway) 6. Building Belief: Navigating Moral Tensions Through Category Work While Assisting Converted Asylum Seekers in Finland, Valtteri Vähä-Savo (Tampere University, Finland) and Venla Koivuluhta, (Tampere University, Finland) 7. Tales of Transformation: Conversion Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the Church of Sweden, Jonathan Morgan (Lund University, Sweden) 8. Becoming Christian, Remaining Iranian: The Salience of National Identity in Iranian Evangelical Exile Churches, Benedikt Römer (University of Bayreuth, Germany) 9. “She Lacks a 'Male Network' in Her Home Country”: Gendering the Credibility Assessment and the Discursive Space of Intersectionality in Migration Courts in Sweden, Ebru Öztürk (Mid Sweden University, Sweden) Afterword: In the Eye of the Inquisitor: the Politics of Religious Asylum, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University, USA) Bibliography Index

Lena Rose is Lecturer of Anthropology at the University of Konstanz, Germany. Ebru Öztürk is Senior Lecturer in Sociology at Mid Sweden University, Sweden.

Reviews for Asylum and Conversion from Islam to Christianity in Europe: Interdisciplinary Approaches

A book most needed, for students, researchers, and practitioners alike. The book highlights the difficult question of credibility and authenticity of asylum seeker conversion and several chapters show how 'true conversion' and 'religion' are often (un)consciously associated too tightly with a (Lutheran) Protestant view. The cross-disciplinary, comparative approach includes data from the processes of legal decisions, court ethnography, as well as voices of asylum seekers themselves. * Nora Stene, Assistant Professor of Comparative Religious Studies, University of Oslo, Norway * The editors and contributors should be congratulated on the production of a well-constructed and informative volume about a crucial, and hitherto poorly understood, topic. * Nick Gill, Professor of Human Geography, University of Exeter, UK *