Understanding religious conversion / Lewis R. Rambo.

By:

Rambo, Lewis R. (Lewis Ray), 1943- [author.]

Material type: Text

TextPublisher: New Haven : Yale University, [1993]Copyright date: �1993Description: 1 online resource (xx, 240 pages) : illustrationsContent type:

text

Media type:

computer

Carrier type:

online resource

ISBN:

9780585363257
0585363250
9780300170016
0300170017

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Additional physical formats: Print version:: Understanding religious conversion.DDC classification:

291.4/2 20

LOC classification:

BL639 .R35 1993eb

NLM classification:

WM61

Other classification:

11.09

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Contents:

Models and methods -- Context -- Crisis -- Quest -- The advocate -- The advocate's strategy -- Encounter between advocate and convert -- Interaction -- Commitment -- Consequences.

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.

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Includes bibliographical references (pages 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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English.

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