| Description |
xiii, 333 p. : ill. |
| Series |
Religion and the social order, 1061-5210 ; v. 17 |
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Religion and the social order ; v. 17.
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| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references. |
| Contents |
Preface: The sociology of conversion / Roberto Cipriani -- Introduction: The varieties of conversion experience / Giuseppe Giordan -- The meaning of conversion : redirection of foundational trust / Anthony J. Blasi -- Conversion : heroes and their sociological redemption / Kieran Flanagan -- Elements for a semiotics of "conversion" / Patrick Michel -- For love of faith : patterns of religious engagement in a new town / Kees de Groot -- Pilgrimage and conversion / William H. Swatos, Jr. -- Becoming a new ager : a conversion, an affiliation, a fashion? / Regis Dericquebourg -- Enchantment, identity, community, and conversion : Catholics, Afro-Brazilians and Protestants in Brazil / Roberto Motta -- Convert, revert, pervert / Enzo Pace -- Conversion as a new lifestyle : an exploratory study of Soka Gakkai in Italy / Luigi Berzano and Eliana Martoglio -- Conversion as opposition / Giuseppe Giordan -- Making the convert : conversions in the LDS community today / Sophie-Helene Trigeaud -- A cognitive psychology perspective on religious conversion as told in the Gospels / Stefano Federici, Pierluigi Caddeo, and Francesco Valerio Tommasi -- Conversion and mission : missionary insertion and the social conditions of Christianization / Paul-Andre Turcotte. |
| Reproduction |
Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI : ProQuest, 2015. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ProQuest affiliated libraries. |
| Subject |
Conversion.
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Religious pluralism.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Giordan, Giuseppe.
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ProQuest (Firm)
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| ISBN |
9789004178038 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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9004178031 (hardback : alk. paper) |
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