In the last decade, a number of studies have shown the success of spiritual medicine. These studies come from a wide number of fields and deal with many aspects of religious and spiritual practice. A recent study by Koenig et al (1999), looking at a population of nearly four thousand 65 year-old people over a six-year period, was able to show that those who go to church at least once a week are...

Since the 1970s the dynamics of conversion have been a focal point of research with regard to the impact of Christianity on traditional African societies. Much of the scholarly debate about the matter has concentrated on West Africa. Such academic authorities as Elizabeth Isichei, Robin Horton, and Caroline Ifeka-Moller provided different theories about the relative importance of various factor...

This study analyzes how and why interfaith couples tend to return their religions after marriage. The results showed that the choice of embrace partner’s religion at time marriage is necessary, because they saw new provides attractive rewards (marriage). discovery converters who later reverted original indicated religious conversion was carried out for purpose marrying partners only. There were...

Laura Dudley Jenkins. 2019. Religious Freedom and Mass Conversion in India. Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press. vi + 312 pp. Figures, notes, bibliography, index. $89.95 (hardback).