Conversion Revisited: Present Understanding of a Classic Missionary Motive
While mission scholars have become reluctant to address the problem of conversion to Christianity, historians and cultural anthropologists are increasingly devoting case studies and general theories to this topic. They emphasize the social dimensions of conversion, basically interpreted as a progres...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage
1997
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Missiology
Year: 1997, Volume: 25, Issue: 3, Pages: 293-305 |
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| Summary: | While mission scholars have become reluctant to address the problem of conversion to Christianity, historians and cultural anthropologists are increasingly devoting case studies and general theories to this topic. They emphasize the social dimensions of conversion, basically interpreted as a progress towards modernity. The present article makes a case for a renewed commitment to a genuine missiological approach of Christian conversion in its personal and ecclesial reality. |
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| ISSN: | 2051-3623 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Missiology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1177/009182969702500303 |