Andrew Buckser is an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University. Stephen D. Glazier is a professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

This is a most welcome book. In it anthropologists, Christian and non-Christian, do deep, sympathetic studies of religious conversion, both individual and corporate, to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Spiritism, and Rastafarianism. The do what anthropologists do best—give us thick descriptions of conversion from the perspectives of converts themselves. . . In these penetrating studies, the authors show us by way of ethnographic detail the complex intertwining of personal, social, cultural, and spiritual factors that are involved.

• Part 1 PrefacePart 2 In Memoriam: Morton KlassChapter 3 The Anthropology of Conversion: An IntroductionPart 4 Part One: Conversion and Social ProcessesChapter 5 Continuous Conversion? The Rhetoric, Practice, and Rhetorical Practice of Charismatic Protestant CoversionChapter 6 Agency, Bureaucracy and Religious Conversion: Ethiopian "Felashmura" Immigrants to IsraelChapter 7 Converted Innocents and their Trickster Heroes: The Politics of Proselytising in IndiaChapter 8 Comparing Conversion among the Dani of Irian JayaChapter 9 The Meanings of Conversion in Jewish CopenhagenChapter 10 Conversion and Marginality in Southern IndiaPart 11 Part Two: Conceptualizing Conversion: Alternative PerspectivesChapter 12 The Place of Evil in Aguaruna Evangelical Conversion NarrativesChapter 13 Turning the Belly: Insights on Religious Conversion from New Guinea Gut FeelingsChapter 14 Constraint and Freedom in Icelandic ConversionsChapter 15 Mystical Experiences, American Culture, and Conversion to Christian Spiritualist ChurchesPart 16 Part Three: Conversion and Individual ExperienceChapter 17 "Limin' wid Ja": Spiritual Baptists who become Rastafarians and then become Spiritual Baptists againChapter 18 Converting to what? Embodied Culture and Adoption of New BeliefsChapter 19 From Jehovah Witness to Benedictine Nun: Conversion, Enculturation, and Formation as an ongoing ProcessChapter 20 Converted Christians, Shamans, and the House of God: An Analysis of the Reasons for Conversion given by the Western Toba (Gran Chaco, Argentina)Part 21 Afterword: Anthropology and the Study of Conversion

Andrew Buckser is an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University. Stephen D. Glazier is a professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

This is a most welcome book. In it anthropologists, Christian and non-Christian, do deep, sympathetic studies of religious conversion, both individual and corporate, to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Spiritism, and Rastafarianism. The do what anthropologists do best—give us thick descriptions of conversion from the perspectives of converts themselves. . . In these penetrating studies, the authors show us by way of ethnographic detail the complex intertwining of personal, social, cultural, and spiritual factors that are involved.

• Part 1 PrefacePart 2 In Memoriam: Morton KlassChapter 3 The Anthropology of Conversion: An IntroductionPart 4 Part One: Conversion and Social ProcessesChapter 5 Continuous Conversion? The Rhetoric, Practice, and Rhetorical Practice of Charismatic Protestant CoversionChapter 6 Agency, Bureaucracy and Religious Conversion: Ethiopian "Felashmura" Immigrants to IsraelChapter 7 Converted Innocents and their Trickster Heroes: The Politics of Proselytising in IndiaChapter 8 Comparing Conversion among the Dani of Irian JayaChapter 9 The Meanings of Conversion in Jewish CopenhagenChapter 10 Conversion and Marginality in Southern IndiaPart 11 Part Two: Conceptualizing Conversion: Alternative PerspectivesChapter 12 The Place of Evil in Aguaruna Evangelical Conversion NarrativesChapter 13 Turning the Belly: Insights on Religious Conversion from New Guinea Gut FeelingsChapter 14 Constraint and Freedom in Icelandic ConversionsChapter 15 Mystical Experiences, American Culture, and Conversion to Christian Spiritualist ChurchesPart 16 Part Three: Conversion and Individual ExperienceChapter 17 "Limin' wid Ja": Spiritual Baptists who become Rastafarians and then become Spiritual Baptists againChapter 18 Converting to what? Embodied Culture and Adoption of New BeliefsChapter 19 From Jehovah Witness to Benedictine Nun: Conversion, Enculturation, and Formation as an ongoing ProcessChapter 20 Converted Christians, Shamans, and the House of God: An Analysis of the Reasons for Conversion given by the Western Toba (Gran Chaco, Argentina)Part 21 Afterword: Anthropology and the Study of Conversion

Andrew Buckser is an assistant professor of anthropology at Purdue University. Stephen D. Glazier is a professor of anthropology at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln.

This is a most welcome book. In it anthropologists, Christian and non-Christian, do deep, sympathetic studies of religious conversion, both individual and corporate, to Christianity, Judaism, Hinduism, Spiritism, and Rastafarianism. The do what anthropologists do best—give us thick descriptions of conversion from the perspectives of converts themselves. . . In these penetrating studies, the authors show us by way of ethnographic detail the complex intertwining of personal, social, cultural, and spiritual factors that are involved.

• Part 1 PrefacePart 2 In Memoriam: Morton KlassChapter 3 The Anthropology of Conversion: An IntroductionPart 4 Part One: Conversion and Social ProcessesChapter 5 Continuous Conversion? The Rhetoric, Practice, and Rhetorical Practice of Charismatic Protestant CoversionChapter 6 Agency, Bureaucracy and Religious Conversion: Ethiopian "Felashmura" Immigrants to IsraelChapter 7 Converted Innocents and their Trickster Heroes: The Politics of Proselytising in IndiaChapter 8 Comparing Conversion among the Dani of Irian JayaChapter 9 The Meanings of Conversion in Jewish CopenhagenChapter 10 Conversion and Marginality in Southern IndiaPart 11 Part Two: Conceptualizing Conversion: Alternative PerspectivesChapter 12 The Place of Evil in Aguaruna Evangelical Conversion NarrativesChapter 13 Turning the Belly: Insights on Religious Conversion from New Guinea Gut FeelingsChapter 14 Constraint and Freedom in Icelandic ConversionsChapter 15 Mystical Experiences, American Culture, and Conversion to Christian Spiritualist ChurchesPart 16 Part Three: Conversion and Individual ExperienceChapter 17 "Limin' wid Ja": Spiritual Baptists who become Rastafarians and then become Spiritual Baptists againChapter 18 Converting to what? Embodied Culture and Adoption of New BeliefsChapter 19 From Jehovah Witness to Benedictine Nun: Conversion, Enculturation, and Formation as an ongoing ProcessChapter 20 Converted Christians, Shamans, and the House of God: An Analysis of the Reasons for Conversion given by the Western Toba (Gran Chaco, Argentina)Part 21 Afterword: Anthropology and the Study of Conversion