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Conversions: Two Family Stories from the Reformation and Modern America

Craig Harline

Discusses the impact of religious conversions on family relationships, looking at Jacob Rolandus, who converted from Dutch Reform to Catholicism in 1654, and Michael Sunbloom, who converted to Mormonism in 1973 and later left the church when he came out as gay.

ReligionReligion · high confidenceReligion81 signalsLlm Classifier: Religion -> ReligionOpen Library: Religious life -> ReligionOpen Library: Gays, religious life -> ReligionLGBTQ History & LifeReligion & Religious MovementsFamily, Childhood & Adoption

Award History

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AwardYearResultCategory / Notes
Mark Lynton History Prize2012FinalistSecondary source
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  1. 01 Central figures

    • Jacob Rolandus86%
    • Michael Sunbloom82%

  2. 02 Central places

    None extracted with sufficient confidence.

  3. 03 Suggested argument

    Religious conversion reshapes family relationships over time, as shown in the family effects of Jacob Rolandus’s shift from Dutch Reform to Catholicism and Michael Sunbloom’s conversion to Mormonism and later departure after coming out as gay.

    Model confidence 74%

  4. 04 Reading orientation

    70 / 100 academic

    Academic

    An estimate of intended readership and scholarly apparatus—not quality or importance.

Confidence percentages are the model's own estimates. Profile confidence: 66%.