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This dissertation argues that thick faith transforms character because it demands an embodied leap into an alternative narrative world. Illustrated with interviews of converts to Islam, Nation of Islam, and Christianity who were once extremely violent and destructive, it argues …

For those with interest in the making of modern China, the lives and thoughts of Chinese intellectuals provide a crucial dimension to understand the history and culture of Chinese society. Among a series of sociopolitical movements in the twentieth century, the 1957 Anti-Rightis…