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Understanding religious conversion /
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TextPublication details: New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993.Description: xx, 240 Pages. : ill. ; 25 cmISBN: - 0300052839 (alk. paper)
- 9780300052831 (alk. paper)
- 0300065159 (pbk.)
- 9780300065152 (pbk.)
- BL639 .R35 1993
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Summary: Looking at a wide variety of religions, this work offers an exploration of religious conversion. The phenomena is approached from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, theology and anthropology.
Models and methods -- Context -- Crisis -- Quest -- The advocate -- The advocate's strategy -- Encounter between advocate and convert -- Interaction -- Commitment -- Consequences.
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 209-234) and index.
Models and methods -- Context -- Crisis -- Quest -- The advocate -- The advocate's strategy -- Encounter between advocate and convert -- Interaction -- Commitment -- Consequences.
Looking at a wide variety of religions, this work offers an exploration of religious conversion. The phenomena is approached from a variety of disciplines, including psychology, sociology, theology and anthropology.
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