Asylum and Conversion to Christianity in Europe

Notes on the Contributors
1. Asylum and Conversion to Christianity: An Introduction, Lena Rose (University of Konstanz, Germany)
2. Definitions of Religion as Gatekeeping: A Discursive Approach to the Assessment of Christian Conversion in Finland: A Qualitative Sociological Analysis, Helmi Halonen (University of Helsinki, Finland)
3. Credibility Assessment in Asylum Claims Based on Religious Conversion in Germany: A Qualitative Sociological Analysis, Anne K. Schlüter (University of Münster, Germany)
4. Making the Convert Speak: The Production of Truth and the "Apparatus of Conversion" in Austria, Markus Elias Ramsauer (University of Vienna, Austria) and Ayse Çaglar (University of Vienna/IWM, Austria)
5. Material Conversions: Exploring the Materiality of Asylum Seekers' Conversion Narratives and Processes in Norway, Olav Børreson Fossdal (University of Oslo, Norway)
6. Building Belief: Navigating Moral Tensions Through Category Work While Assisting Converted Asylum Seekers in Finland, Valtteri Vähä-Savo (Tampere University, Finland) and Venla Koivuluhta, (Tampere University, Finland)
7. Tales of Transformation: Conversion Narratives of Unaccompanied Refugee Minors in the Church of Sweden, Jonathan Morgan (Lund University, Sweden)
8. Becoming Christian, Remaining Iranian: The Salience of National Identity in Iranian Evangelical Exile Churches, Benedikt Römer (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
9. "She Lacks a 'Male Network' in Her Home Country": Gendering the Credibility Assessment and the Discursive Space of Intersectionality in Migration Courts in Sweden, Ebru Öztürk (Mid Sweden University, Sweden)
Afterword: In the Eye of the Inquisitor: the Politics of Religious Asylum, Elizabeth Shakman Hurd (Northwestern University, USA)
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