The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0195338529 ISBN 13: 9780195338522

Casa editrice: OUP USA, 2014

Riassunto

The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon.

This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The 32 innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, disciplinary perspectives on a range of methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.

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Recensione:

an outstanding accomplishment, a mustread for anyone whose work relates to religious conversion, for academics, students, and practitioners alike. (Ines W. Jindra, Sociology of Religion.)

Rambo and Farhadian have given us all a true gift: This book is massive, comprehensive, current, creative, stimulating, and challenging. It will remain a foundation upon which the field can continue to build for decades to come. (Nathan Carlin, Pastoral Psychology)

L'autore:

Lewis R. Rambo is Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley. Charles Farhadian is Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission at Westmont College.

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• Editore: OUP USA
• Data di pubblicazione: 2014
• ISBN 10: 0195338529
• ISBN 13: 9780195338522
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 828
• Redattore: Rambo Lewis R., Farhadian Charles