Karin Van Nieuwkerk is an anthropologist and professor of contemporary Islam in Europe and the Middle East at the Radboud University Nijmegen. Her many books include Women Embracing Islam: Gender and Conversion in the West, Performing Piety: Singers and Actors in Egypt’s Islamic Revival, and Islam and Popular Culture.
Highlighting the 'powerful intertwinement of religion, politics,
and morality' (to quote the editor) in Islam, this collection will
help readers understand and appreciate the complex dimensions of
the processes of moving in and out of Islam.
*CHOICE*
There is much room for reflection and learning within this engaging
text. Van Nieuwkerk is to be commended for collating a
comprehensive guide to the subject, and presenting this from so
many previously under researched perspectives. This is a valuable
contribution to existing literature on adopting and rejecting
Islam.
*The Muslim World Book Review*
[A] fascinating collection…Moving In and Out of Islam represents a
valuable contribution to the scholarly discourse on contemporary
conversion to, and deconversion from, Islam…this volume as a whole
invites imitation: what it does for the study of Muslim conversions
and deconversion in Europe and the Middle East underscores the need
for similar work focusing on moving in and out of Islam in the
North American context.
*Journal of Contemporary Religion*
The contributors [to Moving In and Out of Islam] provide detailed
examples and narratives of people converting from different
backgrounds including from and within the Middle East, Europe, and
the United States. Through the evidence they assemble, the
contributors seek to identify the struggles and consequences the
converts face in a time of increasing politicization and
radicalization of Islam.
*Middle East Journal*
[A] timely volume…uniquely powerful in its field...This volume is a
useful resource for students, lecturers and researchers interested
in religious transformation, Islam and Muslims in Europe,
non-religion, and Islamic studies in general. The breadth and depth
of the assembled contributions make this a benchmark for studies of
(de)conversion and Islam in Europe and beyond.
*Journal of Muslims in Europe*
van Nieuwkerk has selected an interesting range of contributors who
speak to the varied nature of 'moving in' and 'moving out'
processes, which illustrates that these concepts are not fixed in
how they are defined, experienced, and discussed in scholarly
research...Moreover, the book fills an important gap by including
non-belief and moving out of Islam to the academic study of
religious transformation processes amongst Muslims. This volume is
of relevance to anyone interested in looking beyond the motivations
for religious conversion to Islam and gaining a deeper insight into
religious change over the course of people's lives.
*Reading Religion*
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