When Somalis Become Christians: The Process of Conversion and Disclosure among Somalis in Europe.
Somali Christians are one of the least researched and most persecuted religious minorities in the world. This workshop will present an original theory of religious conversion and disclosure among Somalis from a Sunni Muslim background living in the United Kingdom and Sweden, the two largest Somali communities in Europe. The theory explains dominant behavioural patterns of conversion to Protestant Christianity and the disclosure of this faith to Muslim relatives and friends.
Mátyás Bódi received his PhD from the University of St Andrews in Divinity after working as a radio presenter, editor, and reporter with Hungarian Radio, the largest public radio broadcasting organisation in Hungary. Mátyás holds an MA degree in Communication and Media Studies and another MA degree in Theology. He is currently a postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Oxford.
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