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Place of publication: United States, Ann Arbor; ISBN=978-0-355-44540-4
DISSERTATION (THESIS) NOTE
Dissertation or thesis details and type of degree
Ph.D.
Discipline of degree
Information Studies
Body granting the degree
University of Toronto (Canada)
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2017
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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The purpose of this dissertation is to explore the ways in which information seeking, evaluation, and sharing practices mediate the conversion experiences of Muslims living in the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). This research contributes to Information Studies and interdisciplinary literature on conversion by adding insight into information practice in a religious context, particularly one that is characterized by a critical transition and situated within a contentious political landscape.
TOPICAL NAME USED AS SUBJECT
Religion; Islamic Studies; Information science
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
Philosophy, religion and theology;Communication and the arts;Social sciences;Ethnography;Information practice;Islam;Muslim converts;Religious conversion;Toronto