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Religious conversion : contemporary practices and controversies /
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...
| Call Number: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Other Authors: | , |
| Format: | Electronic eBook |
| Language: | Inglés |
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London ; New York :
Cassell,
1999.
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| Series: | Issues in contemporary religion.
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| Online Access: | Texto completo |
| Summary: | 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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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (viii, 342 pages) |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780826437136 0826437133 |