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==Social science ==
In his book ''[[Sociology of Religion (book)|Sociology of Religion]]'', German sociologist [[Max Weber]] writes that religious conversion begins with the prophet, as the voice of revelation and vision, calling others to break with tradition and bring their lives into [[conformity]] with his "world-building truth."{{sfn|Hefner|2023|pp=12, 13}} Weber believed that prophetic ideals can become, through the conversion of a community of followers, "a force for world transformation as powerful as anything in human history.{{sfn|Hefner|2023|p=13}}
Calling conversion and [[Christianization]] "twin phenomena", Hefner has written that religious conversion was an important factor in the emergence of civilization and the making of the modern world.{{sfn|Hefner|2023|p=3}} According to Hefner, the "reformulation of social relations, cultural meanings and personal experience" involved in conversion carries with it an inherent "world building aspect".{{sfn|Hefner|2023|pp=3-4}}
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