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UNINA9910782263203321 |
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Titolo |
Religious conversion [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary practices and controversies / / edited by Christopher Lamb and M. Darrol Bryant |
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Pubbl/distr/stampa |
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London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1999 |
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ISBN |
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9786611783310 |
1-281-78331-5 |
0-8264-3713-3 |
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Descrizione fisica |
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1 online resource (353 p.) |
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Collana |
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Issues in contemporary religion |
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Altri autori (Persone) |
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LambChristopher <1937-> |
BryantM. Darrol |
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Disciplina |
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Soggetti |
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Conversion |
Psychology, Religious |
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Lingua di pubblicazione |
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Formato |
Materiale a stampa |
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Livello bibliografico |
Monografia |
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Note generali |
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Description based upon print version of record. |
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Nota di bibliografia |
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Includes bibliographical references and index. |
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Nota di contenuto |
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Contents; The contributors; A note on diacritics; Introduction: Conversion: contours of controversy and commitment in a plural world; Part I: Conversion: theoretical perspectives; Part II: Conversion in the world's religions; Part III: Conversion in Christianity; Part IV: Contemporary cases of conversion; Index |
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Sommario/riassunto |
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Conversion has been an important issue for most of the universal religions - those usually associated with a founder, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism - which have a mission to spread their message. Other religions have been less concerned with conversion except in so far as it has been a negative force for them to confront. This study explores how conversion has been understood by different religions during different eras, and includes a survey of the textual, legal, ritual, historic and experiential dimensions of the phenomenon of conversion. |
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