Strange Gods: a secular history of conversion
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In this original and riveting exploration, Susan Jacoby argues that conversion-especially in the free American "religious marketplace"-is too often viewed only within the conventional and simplistic narrative of personal reinvention and divine grace. Instead, the author places conversions within a secular social context that has, at various times, included the force of a unified church and state, desire for upward economic mobility, and interreligious marriage. Moving through time, continents, and cultures, Jacoby examines conversions to authoritarian secular ideologies. She also provides portraits of individual converts, including the Catholic Church father Augustine of Hippo; the German Jewish convert to Catholicism Edith Stein, murdered at Auschwitz and canonized by the church; boxing champion Muhammad Ali, who scandalized white Americans in the 1960s by becoming a Muslim; and even politicians such as George W. Bush. Finally, Jacoby takes on the question of why the freedom to choose a religion-or to reject religion altogether-is a fundamental human rights issue that remains a breeding ground for violence in areas of the world that never experienced an Enlightenment.
Notes
Jacoby, S., & Wiley, E. (2016). Strange Gods: a secular history of conversion. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Jacoby, Susan and Elizabeth, Wiley. 2016. Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Jacoby, Susan and Elizabeth, Wiley, Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2016.
MLA Citation (style guide)Jacoby, Susan, and Elizabeth Wiley. Strange Gods: A Secular History of Conversion. Unabridged. [United States], Tantor Media, Inc, 2016.
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