Shopping Around: Questions about Latin American Conversions

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This article focuses on the popular subject of conversion in Latin America, with the difficulties both of terminology and of actually counting the number of converts. At the center of the problem is the issue of how long these conversions last. It appears that, in Latin America at least, it is not prudent to study conversion without also studying dropping out, leaving religion, as well as entering it. Following earlier usage, we may also refer to such leaving as apostasy.