Conversion
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https://doi.org/10.17184/eac.anthropen.073Keywords:
Christianism, Tranformation, Transition, ReligionAbstract
For anthropology, conversion is both an embarrassing and a classic notion. Since the 1970s, it has been much researched, first from a Marxist and then from a structural-functionalist perspective. Conversion simultaneously combines transformation and transition, therefore changes (the abandonment of practices, the development of new imaginaries) and continuities perceptible at different levels.
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