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'''Proselytism''' is the practice of attempting to convert people to another opinion and, particularly, another religion.
The word ''proselytism'' comes from the [[Greek language]] prefix 'pros' (towards) and the verb 'erchomai' (I come). Historically in the [[New Testament]], the word [[proselyte]] meant a person who had converted to the [[Judaism|Jewish religion]]. Though the word proselytism was originally used in Christianity, it is also used to refer to other religions' attempts to [[religious conversion|convert]] people to their beliefs or even any attempt to convert people to another point of view, religious or not. Today, the [[connotation]]s of the word proselytism are often negative.
== Other pages ==
*[[Religious conversion]]
== References ==
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*{{cite journal | author=C. Davis | title=Joining a Cult: Religious Choice or Psychological Aberration? | journal= Cleveland-Marshall Journal of Law and Health| year=1996 | volume=11 | url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/cult_art.htm }}
*{{cite web | title=Russian Canonical Territory |url= http://www.catholic-church.org/church-unity/r_c_t_e.htm}}
*{{cite web | title=Human Rights Without Frontiers Int. | work=European Court Final Judgments on Religious Freedom Issues 1964-2001 |url= http://www.hrwf.net/html/0804courtfinal.htm}}
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.jorgeluisgonzalo.com/commentary_files/Everybody%20Proselytizes.pdf Everybody Proselytizes!] by Jorge Luis Gonzalo, 2008
* [http://www.irla.org/documents/articles/lerner-proselytism.html] International Religious Liberty Association: "Proselytism, Change of Religion, and International Human Rights" by Natan Lerner.
* Pope [[Benedict XVI]] asks always for guarantees that Christian faith can be "proposed" and that it can be "freely chosen": [http://www.chesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=53826&eng=y When Civilizations Meet: How Joseph Ratzinger Sees Islam]
* For a discussion of some of the legal aspects of defining illicit proselytism, see the article [http://www.law.emory.edu/EILR/volumes/win98/lerner.html Proselytism, Change of Religion, and International Human Rights, by Natan Lerner, PhD]
*[http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/965/PageName/Ana_sayfa Proselytism and Crypto-Christians in Cyprus]
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'''Proselytism''' is the practice of attempting to convert people to another opinion and, particularly, another religion.
The word ''proselytism'' comes from the [[Greek language]] prefix 'pros' (towards) and the verb 'erchomai' (I come). Historically in the [[New Testament]], the word [[proselyte]] meant a person who had converted to the [[Judaism|Jewish religion]]. Though the word proselytism was originally used in Christianity, it is also used to refer to other religions' attempts to [[religious conversion|convert]] people to their beliefs or even any attempt to convert people to another point of view, religious or not. Today, the [[connotation]]s of the word proselytism are often negative.
== Other pages ==
*[[Religious conversion]]
== References ==
<references/>
*{{cite journal | author=C. Davis | title=Joining a Cult: Religious Choice or Psychological Aberration? | journal= Cleveland-Marshall Journal of Law and Health| year=1996 | volume=11 | url=http://www.religioustolerance.org/cult_art.htm }}
*{{cite web | title=Russian Canonical Territory |url= http://www.catholic-church.org/church-unity/r_c_t_e.htm}}
*{{cite web | title=Human Rights Without Frontiers Int. | work=European Court Final Judgments on Religious Freedom Issues 1964-2001 |url= http://www.hrwf.net/html/0804courtfinal.htm}}
== Other websites ==
* [http://www.jorgeluisgonzalo.com/commentary_files/Everybody%20Proselytizes.pdf Everybody Proselytizes!] by Jorge Luis Gonzalo, 2008
* [http://www.irla.org/documents/articles/lerner-proselytism.html] International Religious Liberty Association: "Proselytism, Change of Religion, and International Human Rights" by Natan Lerner.
* Pope [[Benedict XVI]] asks always for guarantees that Christian faith can be "proposed" and that it can be "freely chosen": [http://www.chesa.espressonline.it/dettaglio.jsp?id=53826&eng=y When Civilizations Meet: How Joseph Ratzinger Sees Islam]
* For a discussion of some of the legal aspects of defining illicit proselytism, see the article [http://www.law.emory.edu/EILR/volumes/win98/lerner.html Proselytism, Change of Religion, and International Human Rights, by Natan Lerner, PhD]
*[http://www.toplumpostasi.net/index.php/cat/1/col/85/art/965/PageName/Ana_sayfa Proselytism and Crypto-Christians in Cyprus]
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