Complexity of Conversion

Valerie Nicolet is "maitre de conferences" at the Institut protestant de theologie, faculte de Paris, where she teaches New Testament and Ancient Greek. Marianne Bjelland Kartzow is professor of New Testament Studies at the Faculty of Theology, University of Oslo, Norway.

• 1. What Is So Complex About Conversion?Marianne Bjelland Kartzow and Valérie Nicolet2. Shedding Religious Skin: An Intersectional Analysis of the Claim that Male Circumcision Limits Religious FreedomKarin B. Neutel, University of Oslo3. Complex Interactions: Conversion and Interreligious Dialogue in the Norwegian ContextAnne Hege Grung, University of Oslo4. Conversion in Mystery Religions? Theory Meets Mysteries and ConversionGerhard van den Heever, University of South Africa5. “Leap, Ye, Lame for Joy”: The Dynamics of Disability in ConversionAnna Rebecca Solevåg, VID Specialized University, Stavanger, Norway6. Reading a Complex Identity in Conversion: Interpretations of the Ethiopian EunuchMinna Heimola, Independent Scholar7. Creating a New Sex: Women Bodies in ConversionValérie Nicolet8. Conversion in/to the Wilderness: The Case of the Egyptian Slave Girl Hagar in Early Christian and Jewish TextsMarianne Bjelland Kartzow9. The Complexity of Aseneth’s TransformationKirsten Marie Hartvigsen, University of Oslo 10. Leaving the Traditions of the Fathers: Perspectives on Conversion from a Christianity That Did Not SurviveKristine Toft Rosland, University of South-Eastern Norway / University of Oslo11. Spatial Conversion and Christian Identity in Late AntiquityAnna Lampadaridi, Institut Protestant de Théologie (Paris)12. Concluding RemarksValérie Nicolet