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    Konwersja religijna i konwersja kulturowa. Romowie zielonoświątkowcy w Szaflarach
    (Wydawnictwa AGH, 2014) Nowicka-Rusek, Ewa
    The article presents specific ways of transgression of the social barriers which divide Roma communities and the non-Roma majority society. This transgression is connected with the concept of cultural conversion based on religious conversion to the evangelical faith of Pentecostalism. Acceptance of the rules of thought in Pentecostalism has enabled a Roma/Gypsy local community to reject the traditional Roma cultural forms of life which close the way of integration. I analyse one Roma/Gypsy local community, the Zadział settlement in Szaflary village, almost totally converted into Pentecostalism. I trace transformations in the lifestyle of Roma converts, promising integration through acceptance on the part of the majority society. This cultural change is possible due to rejection of several traits crucial for Roma culture, here called »core traits«. I also indicate elements of the culture of neighbouring non-Roma local inhabitants which work against the process. One of them is the negative attitude of the Roman Catholic Church, dominating in Poland generally and in Carpathian villages particularly, towards evangelical denominations.