Contemporary Practices and Controversies (Issues in Contemporary Religion)
Edición de la obra Religious conversion
| Autor | M. Darrol Bryant |
|---|---|
| Editorial | Cassell, Orion Publishing Group, Limited |
| Fecha de publicación | July 2000 |
| Idioma | inglés |
| Páginas | 342 |
| Formato | Hardcover |
| ISBN-13 | 9780304338429 |
| ISBN-10 | 0304338427 |
| OCLC | 40716608 |
| LCCN | 99010551 |
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B915rConversion 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.