Understanding religious conversion /

Rambo, Lewis R. 1943-

Understanding religious conversion / - New Haven : Yale University Press, ©1993. - xx, 240 Pages. : ill. ; 25 cm.

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.

0300052839 (alk. paper) 9780300052831 (alk. paper) 0300065159 (pbk.) 9780300065152 (pbk.)

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Conversion.-- Religious Conversions

BL639 / .R35 1993