Conversion in the Contemporary World

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10.22034/jsi.2020.244321
Abstract
The proliferation of new religious groups is one of the general manifestations of religious developments in the contemporary world. From the second half of the 20th century, social thinkers have suggested various ways to study these developments. Examining why and how these groups were formed, and the young joined these groups, has been one of the most important areas of research in this field. Here, this area of research has been studied under the heading of conversion. Our methodology was logical inferential analysis and inference, we examined the research findings in the field of sociology of religion and related fields. Although there is no universally accepted model or theory that fully explains the mechanism of conversion among the youth, the models and types of conversion that are presented here can trace the main lines and major tendencies about the process of conversion and help to plan and predict the future.
 
 

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