Introduction to the Special Issue “Contested Conversions”

This special issue of Religion and Gender on Contested Conversions presents seven articles related to the programme “Beyond ‘Religion versus Emancipation’: Women’s Conversions to Judaism, Christianity and Islam in Contemporary Western Europe” of the Dutch Research Council, which was executed between 2016 and 2022 at Utrecht University, The Netherlands. This programme and the key insights into which it has resulted will be presented here, followedby an introduction to the seven articles. Iwould like to take this opportunity to thank Karin van Nieuwkerk, who has co-edited this issue with me.