According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), religious conversion is a fundamental human right. Not all religious traditions accept this. The 32nd Conference of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in 2011 addressed this complex issue from religious, philosophical and theological perspectives.
According to the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (1948), religious conversion is a fundamental human right. Not all religious traditions accept this. Some allow conversion only to their religion but deny it to their own members. Some distinguish between voluntary conversion, which they accept, and organized proselytism, to which they object. Some accept it as a fact, which they regret, and others threaten converts with the death penalty for leaving the religion into which they were born. However, there are many kinds of conversion: philosophical, intellectual, moral, spiritual, and there are many kinds of religious conversion. The 32nd Conference of Philosophy of Religion at Claremont Graduate University in 2011 addressed this complex issue from religious, legal, philosophical and theological perspectives.
Table of contents:
Preface
Ingolf U. Dalferth: Introduction: The Complex Challenge of Conversion
Part I
Gary Gilbert: Why Conversion? The Blurring and Building of Boundaries in Ancient Judaism -
Shelley L. Long: Who Determines Conversion? A Response to Gary Gilbert -
Yaron Catane: Administrating Conversion - Israel's Conversion Administration -
S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana: Da'wah and Religious Freedom in Islam -
Richard T. Livingston: In Pursuit of Plurality: A Response to Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana -
Joseph Prabhu: Conversion in an Ecumenical Age -
Marlene Block: Religion, Religions, and Conversion: A Response to Joseph Prabhu
Part II
Eleonore Stump: Conversion, Atonement, and Love -
Deidre Nicole Green: A Penitent Prodigal and the Suffering of Love: A Response to Eleonore Stump -
Anselm K. Min: The Dialectic of Conversion in the Age of Globalization -
Kirsten Gerdes: Religious Conversion as Risk: A Response to Anselm K. Min -
Heiko Schulz: Conversion, Truth and Rationality -
Michael Ch. Rodgers: True Conversion and Truth: A Response to Heiko Schulz -
John G. Cottingham: Conversion, Self-discovery and Moral Change -
Eric E. Hall: Moral and Religious Conversion: A Response to John G. Cottingham -
William J. Abraham: Divine and Human Action in Conversion -
Andreas Hunziker: Radical Open: A Response to William J. Abraham -
Stephen T. Davis: Conversion and the Rationality of Religion
