Radford, David (2011) Religious Conversion and the Reconstruction of Ethnic Identity: An Investigation into the Conversion of Muslim Kyrgyz to Protestant Christianity in Kyrgyzstan, Central Asia. Doctoral thesis, Flinders University of South Australia.
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This thesis examines religious conversion from the perspective of Kyrgyz Christians. Religious conversion to Protestant Christianity challenges the normative Kyrgyz ethnic identity construct summed up in the local expression, “to be Kyrgyz is to be Muslim”... Kyrgyz Christians have reconstructed Kyrgyz identity in a way that shows that Protestant Christianity is situated within the local community and Kyrgyz identity, rather than on the outside in a marginalised, or ostracised position... To understand conversion from the perspective of Kyrgyz Christians a mixed method approach was utilised including participant observation (the author lived in Kyrgyzstan for over 4 years), in-depth interviews (49 respondents) and a survey (427 respondents). This approach allowed an understanding of the context and people who were the focus of the research, to access individual stories of those who wereengaged in the process of conversion, and to gain a sense of the distribution of the phenomena of Kyrgyz Christianity.
| Item Type: | Thesis (Doctoral) |
|---|---|
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory > Conversion B Mission theology/theory > Identity issues B Mission theology/theory > Contextualization/Inculturation G Christian traditions/Denominations > Evangelical H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe |
| Divisions: | Central Asia > Kyrgyzstan |
| Depositing User: | Katharina Penner |
| Date Deposited: | 18 Aug 2021 12:43 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Aug 2021 12:43 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/1921 |
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