A History of Christian Conversion and Other Conversion Models: a Review Essay

The review essay starts out with an overview and brief evaluation of A History of Christian Conversion by David W. Kling. It then focuses on a few examples of conversion narratives depicted in this volume and examines these conversion stories in light of contributing factors discussed by Kling as we...

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Main Author: Wenger Jindra, Ines 1971- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Springer Science Business Media B. V. [2021]
In: Pastoral psychology
Year: 2021, Volume: 70, Issue: 2, Pages: 141-150
Further subjects:B Conversion models
B Social-scientific factors
B Historical Analysis
B Religious Conversion
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Summary:The review essay starts out with an overview and brief evaluation of A History of Christian Conversion by David W. Kling. It then focuses on a few examples of conversion narratives depicted in this volume and examines these conversion stories in light of contributing factors discussed by Kling as well as in the author’s own model, also touching on Lewis R. Rambo’s work. The essay concludes with a few general thoughts on how Kling’s work could be extended.
ISSN:1573-6679
Contains:Enthalten in: Pastoral psychology
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1007/s11089-021-00939-4