Thesis (D. Miss.)--Trinity International University, 1999. / Abstract. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 223-229).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Notre Dame, 2009. / Thesis directed by Christian Smith for the Department of Sociology. "December 2009." Includes bibliographical references (leaves 316-326).

Thesis (M.A.)--Denver Seminary, 2008. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 140-149).

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Chicago, Department of Near Eastern Languages and Civilizations, December 2003. / Includes bibliographical references (p. 440-483). Also available on the Internet.

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In this Research Document I would attempt to quantify the degree of Cultural Alienation that fellow South Africans (from the major ethnic, racial and religious groupings) experience when they embrace Islam. A secondary objective would be to quantify the degree to which one 's worldview changes (views on the Middle East conflict, America and the West and South African politics) on embracing Islam. I will attempt to do so by employing both qualitative and quantitative methods in the Research process. Questions such as: is culture a separate entity from religion and if so what is the difference? What are the ingredients that comprise this concept we call culture? I will also look at the theoretical and theological arguments surrounding these issues in Islam from its original sources and scholars. A survey will be conducted by way of a questionnaire, with reverts to Islam, to establish the degree of their alienation with regard to food, dress, Arabic as a language, rejection from family and friends and views on the Middle East conflict, USA and the West and South African politics. Since all data collected will be analysed according to acceptable statistical methods, it will be assumed that the average results obtained would be a good indicator of the degree of cultural alienation a fellow South African (from a particular ethnic / cultural group) would have to undergo when contemplating embracing Islam. The Research findings indicate that cultural alienation does indeed take place when someone embraces Islam, but that it varies and is dependent on both individual, external and cultural factors . The Research findings also show that in the case of reversion to Islam, changes in one's worldview also take place, the extent of which is dependent once again on individual and external factors . One of the main findings of the research is that there is no specific quantum percentage with regard to the extent of cultural alienation for any given individual embracing Islam, as there are many variables. There are however, general trends and patterns, which do provide helpful guidelines for someone contemplating embracing Islam. / Thesis (M.A.)-University of KwaZulu-Natal, 2005.

Responding to twofold question how did the transition occur; and what were its implications for the ancient cultures? - this thesis places an emphasis upon the transition as an indigenous movement, involving a transformation of the ancient. The primary focus is comprised of the Aleut and Alutiiq peoples who converted virtually as whole nations in the later 18th century. They then maintained this faith themselves within their village structures, a premise that will be substantiated in the Introduction. While a similar ingrafting occurred among other Alaskan peoples as well, an amount of published evidence is available for the Aleuts and Alutiiqs that can render the premise especially secure for them. These other Alaskan peoples - the Yupiit, the "Ingalik" Athapascans, the Kolchan Athapascans, the Denaᐟina Athapascans, the historical Eyak, and the Tlingit have provided corroborative ethnographical and social anthropological material; and the main concepts articulated in this study could potentially be extended to them as well, and extended further to peoples of similar cultures across northern Eurasia who were part of this history (as explained in Chapter 1 and in the epilogue in Chapter 6). [continued in text ...]

Thesis (D. Min.)--Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, 1983. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 351-358).

Thesis (M.A.)--Columbia Graduate School of Bible and Missions, 1986. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 89-100).

Thesis (M. Div.)--St. Vladimir's Orthodox Theological Seminary, 1979. / Includes bibliographical references (leaves 82-90).