Conversion in the age of pluralism / edited by Guiseppe Giordan.
| Other author | Giordan, Giuseppe. |
| Format | Electronic |
| Publication Info | Leiden ; Boston : Brill, |
| Description | xiii, 333 p. : ill. ; 25 cm. |
| Supplemental Content | Full text available from Ebook Central - Academic Complete |
| Subjects |
| Series | Religion and the social order, 1061-5210 ; v. 17 Religion and the social order v. 17. ^A782328 |
| 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? / Régis 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-Hélène 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-André Turcotte. |
| Bibliography note | Includes bibliographical references. |
| Access restriction | Available only to authorized users. |
| Technical details | Mode of access: World Wide Web |
| Genre/form | Electronic books. |
| LCCN | 2009020449 |
| ISBN | 9789004178038 (hardback : alk. paper) |
| ISBN | 9004178031 (hardback : alk. paper) |