Notes on Contributors vili // i Leaving Religion: Introducing the Field i // Daniel Enstedt, Goran Larsson and Teemu T. Mantsinen // PART 1 // Historical and Major Debates // 2 Leaving Hinduism 13 // Clemens Cavallin // 3 Leaving Buddhism 28 // Monica Lindberg Falk // 4 Leaving Religion in Antiquity 43 // Jörgen Magnusson // 5 Leaving Judaism 55 // Lena Roos // 6 Leaving Christianity 67 // Teemu T. Mantsinen and Kati Tervo-Niemelä // 7 Leaving Islam 81 // Christine Schirrmacher // PART 2 // Case Studies // 8 Leaving Hinduism: Deconversion as Liberation 99 // Michael Stausberg // 9 Leaving Theraväda Buddhism in Myanmar 116 // Niklas Foxeus // 10 Leaving Vipassana Meditation 130 // Masoumeh Rahmani // 11 Leaving Orthodox Judaism 142 // David Belfon // 12 Leaving the Amish 154 // David L McConnell // 13 Leaving Evangelicalism 164 // Philip Salim Francis // 14 Leaving Pentecostalism 175 Teemu T Mantsinen // 15 Leaving Roman Catholicism 186 // Hugh Turpin // 16 Leaving Mormonism 200 // Amorette Hinderaker // 17 Leaving Islam for Christianity: Asylum Seeker Converts // Nora Stene // 18 Leaving Islam from a Queer Perspective 220 // Erica Li Lundqvist // 19 Leaving New Religions 231 // Carote M. Cusack // 20 Non-Religion and Atheism 242 Caleb Schaffner and Ryan T Cragun // PART 3 // Theoretical and Methodological Approaches // 21 Historical Approaches to Leaving Religion 2 Ryan Szpiech // 22 Geographical and Demographic Approaches to Leaving Religion 267 // Lily Kong and Orlando Woods // 23 Statistical Approaches to Leaving Religion 278 // Isabella Kasselstrand // 24 Sociological Approaches to Leaving Religion 292 // Daniel Enstedt // 25 Psychological Approaches to Leaving Religion 307 // Kyle Messick and Miguel Farias // 26 Narrative and Autobiographical Approaches to Leaving Religion 323 // Peter G. Stromberg // 27 Media and Communication Approaches to Leaving Religion 335 // Teemu Taira // Index 349