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John Walker Lindh

Religious Converts: Rebels and Radicals

by Paolo Bassi Despite the efforts of the massive self-help industry and our confessional culture, there is no human transformation as profound as that of religious conversion. Nothing works quite like religion to create the new person. Sometimes, the convert suddenly acquires a new world view, a new identity, and for those who adopt Islam, even a new arabic name. Conversion should raise as many questions about the convert's psychological state as it does about the theological reasons, but the former are usually subsumed in the new happiness.

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