Religious Conversion: Contemporary Practices and Controversies (Issues in Contemporary Religion) Lamb, Christopher and Bryant, M. Darrol

ISBN 10: 0304338427 / ISBN 13: 9780304338429

Published by UNKNO, 2000

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Religious Conversion: Contemporary Practices and Controversies (Issues in Contemporary Religion) Lamb, Christopher and Bryant, M. Darrol
• Publisher: UNKNO
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0304338427
• ISBN 13: 9780304338429
• Binding: Hardcover
• Condition: Good

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Synopsis

Conversion has been an important issue for most of the universal religions - those usually associated with a founder, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism - which have a mission to spread their message. Other religions have been less concerne

Review

" the volume does an excellent job of distinguishing between ethnic and universal religions, pointing out that conversion is more apt to be associated with the universal religions this is an excellent volume, one that should be on the shelf of any scholar or student interested in conversion. Perhaps its strongest point is that it is written in a style that makes it accessible both to scholars and to lay persons." Hindu-Christian Studies, 14 (2001)