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Publication details [#54996]

Khemlani David, Maya, Francisco Perlas Dumanig and Ceasar Dealwis. 2011. Conversion narratives and construction of identity among Christians in Malaysia. Multilingua 30 (3,4) : 319–331.
Publication type
Article in journal
Publication language
English
Place, Publisher
De Gruyter

Annotation

This study shows how conversion narratives among Christians in Malaysia, in the form of testimony, constitute effective ways of reinforcing one's new religious identity. The study especially explores the moves and lexical choices employed in the narratives, that distinguist two different speaker identities: one before and one after taking Christ as Lord and savior.