| Description |
1 online resource (x, 326 pages) |
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polychrome |
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text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This study of the conversion of tribal peoples to Christianity combines case studies with the contributors' theories, challenging anthropologists and sociologists to reassess the varieties of religious experience and the convergent processes involved in religious change. |
| Contents |
World building and the rationality of conversion / Robert W. Hefner -- From the Jesus movement toward institutional church / Howard Clark Kee -- Local and the global in southern African religious history / Terence Ranger -- Of faith and commitment, Christian conversion in Muslim Java / Robert W. Hefner -- Conversion and colonialism in northern Mexico / William L. Merrill -- Conversion and community in Amazonia / Donald K. Pollock -- We are Ekelesia [sic] / John Barker -- Religion, morality, and prophetic traditions / Aram A. Yengoyan -- Why the Thai are not Christians / Charles F. Keyes -- Glyphomancy factor / David K. Jordan -- Boundaries and horizons / Peter Wood. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Conversion -- History.
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Conversion. |
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History. |
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Converts.
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Converts. |
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Missions -- Anthropological aspects.
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Missions -- Anthropological aspects. |
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Religion and politics.
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Religion and politics. |
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Religion and culture.
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Religion and culture. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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History.
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Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
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| Added Author |
Hefner, Robert W., 1952-
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Conversion to Christianity. Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1993 0520078357 (DLC) 92003113 (OCoLC)25317249 |
| ISBN |
9780520912564 (electronic book) |
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052091256X (electronic book) |
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0585130000 (electronic book) |
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9780585130002 (electronic book) |
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0520078357 (cloth ; alkaline paper) |
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0520078365 (paperback ; alkaline paper) |
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