<Tr> <Td> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> </Td> </Tr> <Ul> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> <Li> </Li> </Ul> <P> Religious conversion is the adoption of a set of beliefs identified with one particular religious denomination to the exclusion of others . Thus "religious conversion" would describe the abandoning of adherence to one denomination and affiliating with another . This might be from one to another denomination within the same religion, for example, from Baptist to Catholic Christianity or from Sunni to Shi'a Islam . In some cases, religious conversion "marks a transformation of religious identity and is symbolized by special rituals". </P> <P> People convert to a different religion for various reasons, including: active conversion by free choice due to a change in beliefs, secondary conversion, deathbed conversion, conversion for convenience, marital conversion, and forced conversion . </P>

One who is converted from one religion to another