Religious conversion [[electronic resource] ] : contemporary practices and controversies / / edited by Christopher Lamb and M. Darrol Bryant
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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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| Pubblicazione: | London ; ; New York, : Cassell, 1999 |
| Descrizione fisica: | 1 online resource (353 p.) |
| Disciplina: | 291.4/2 |
| Soggetto topico: | Conversion |
| Psychology, Religious | |
| Soggetto genere / forma: | Electronic books. |
| Altri autori: |
LambChristopher <1937->
BryantM. Darrol
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| Note generali: | Description based upon print version of record. |
| Nota di bibliografia: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Nota di contenuto: | 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 |
| Sommario/riassunto: | 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. |
| Titolo autorizzato: | Religious conversion |
| ISBN: | 9786611783310 |
| 1-281-78331-5 | |
| 0-8264-3713-3 | |
| Formato: | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione: | Inglese |
| Record Nr.: | 9910453168003321 |
| Lo trovi qui: | Univ. Federico II |
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Serie:
Issues in contemporary religion.