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Title:

Conversion to Christianity : historical and anthropological perspectives on a great transformation / edited and with an introduction by Robert W. Hefner.

Publisher:

University of California Press,

Copyright Date:

c1993

Description:

x, 326 p. ; 24 cm.

Subject:

Conversion--History.
Converts.
Missions--Anthropological aspects.
Religion and culture.
Religion and politics.
Conversion--Religious experiences--Conversion

Other Authors:

Hefner, Robert W., 1952-

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents:

World building and the rationality of conversion / Robert W. Hefner -- From the Jesus movement toward institutional church / Howard Clark Kee -- The local and the global in southern African religious history / Terence Ranger -- Of faith and commitment, Christian conversion in Muslim Java / Robert W. Hefner -- Conversion and colonialism in northern Mexico / William L. Merrill -- Conversion and community in Amazonia / Donald K. Pollock -- We are Ekelesia [sic] / John Barker -- Religion, morality, and prophetic traditions / Aram A. Yengoyan -- Why the Thai are not Christians / Charles F. Keyes -- The glyphomancy factor / David K. Jordan -- Boundaries and horizons / Peter Wood.

ISBN:

9780520078369 (pbk. : alk. paper)
0520078365 (pbk. : alk. paper)
9780520078352 (cloth : alk. paper)
0520078357 (cloth : alk. paper)

OCLC:

(OCoLC)25317249

LCCN:

92003113

Locations:

USUX851 -- Iowa State University - Parks Library (Ames)

UTAX314 -- Emmaus Bible College Library (Dubuque)

OVUX522 -- University of Iowa Libraries (Iowa City)

OZAX845 -- Northwestern College - DeWitt Library (Orange City)