religious conversion
Changing one's beliefs
Religious conversion is the act of adopting a new religion or faith, typically abandoning one's previous beliefs in the process.
The convert may undergo formal rituals, study, or declarations required by the new faith community.
Conversion can be voluntary, driven by spiritual conviction or personal transformation, or it can result from social pressure, marriage, or coercion.
Her religious conversion to Judaism took over a year of study.
The word conversion alone often implies this meaning when context makes it clear.
- missionary workReligious conversion efforts abroad
- cultFervent fringe group
- evangelismPromoting beliefs to others
- altar callSummons to public faith
- ChristianizationConverting societies to Christianity
saving souls · Islamization · RCIA · missions · proselytism · cultural assimilation · sect · heresy · baptism · come to Jesus · road to Damascus · change of heart · spiritual rebirth · church · reversion · born-again · finding God · salvation
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- life changesmarriage, death, divorce, birth, graduation
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- missionsmissionary work, foreign missions, mission trips, mission work, mission stations
- Portuguese EmpirePortugal, spice trade, Vasco da Gama, Age of Discovery, slave trade
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religious conversionapostasy
Renunciation of former beliefs
deconversion · secularization · disaffiliation · lapsing · falling away
religious conversiondabbling
Shallow, casual involvement
passing fancy · intellectual curiosity · fence-sitting · apathy
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