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‘Coming Out’ as a Faith Changer: Experiences of Faith Declaration for Arabs of a Muslim Background who Choose to Follow a Christian Faith

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Kraft, Kathryn·2013·Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies
DOI 10.1177/0265378813476796
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In the process of conversion, one of the greatest challenges faced by Arab Muslims who choose to follow a Christian faith is determining how to relate to their birth communities, especially their immediate families. They continue to identify with their family and desire to function within its communal system and expectations, but also desire to be true to their new faith. For most converts in the Middle East, ceasing to adhere to the Islamic creed per se is not an act of apostasy, but declaring that one has left Islam and chosen another faith is, and is seen as an act of rebellion by the community. The process of self-disclosure, or ‘coming out’, is complex, and many converts consider their decision about how to do this to be very important. There are various approaches converts may take, and various ways their families may respond, but one implicitly shared understanding between many converts and their families may be labelled ‘don’t ask, don’t tell’, whereby converts speak openly about their changed beliefs without explicitly declaring they have converted, and their families respond in kind, deliberately not asking if they have converted, in order to maintain a strong relationship with their loved ones.

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Authors
Kraft, K.
Corresponding author
Kraft, Kathryn
ORCID
Kraft, Kathryn
Venue
Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies
Publisher
SAGE Publications
Published
2013-03-22
Volume
30
Issue
2
Pages
96-106
ISSN
  • 0265-3788 (ISSN-L)
  • 1759-8931
DOI
10.1177/0265378813476796
OpenAlex
W1966313928
Semantic Scholar
656d845d412e05ca934c868f796c991bf66ed643
Cited by
3
References
20
Citations by year
2019: 2 · 2016: 1
FWCI
7.30
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
Licence
  • cc-by-nc-nd
  • journals.sagepub.com/page/policies/text-and-data-mining-license (tdm)
Locations
  • Transformation An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies (publishedVersion)
  • UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (acceptedVersion)
  • UEL Research Repository (University of East London) (submittedVersion, cc-by-nc-nd)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Christian Theology and Mission
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Historical and Linguistic Studies
  • Social Sciences › Arts and Humanities › Religious studies › Contemporary Christian Leadership and Education
Keywords
religious conversion, Arab Muslims, Christian converts, coming out, apostasy, family relationships, self-disclosure, Don't Ask, Don't Tell, Islamic creed, Middle East

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Kraft, K. (2013). ‘Coming Out’ as a Faith Changer: Experiences of Faith Declaration for Arabs of a Muslim Background who Choose to Follow a Christian Faith. Transformation: An International Journal of Holistic Mission Studies. https://doi.org/10.1177/0265378813476796

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