The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion
Published on 15. May 2014
Book
Hardback
828 pages
978-0-19-533852-2 (ISBN)
Description
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon.
This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The 32 innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, disciplinary perspectives on a range of methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.
This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The 32 innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, disciplinary perspectives on a range of methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.
Reviews / Votes
an outstanding accomplishment, a mustread for anyone whose work relates to religious conversion, for academics, students, and practitioners alike. * Ines W. Jindra, Sociology of Religion. * Rambo and Farhadian have given us all a true gift: This book is massive, comprehensive, current, creative, stimulating, and challenging. It will remain a foundation upon which the field can continue to build for decades to come. * Nathan Carlin, Pastoral Psychology *More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
New York
United States
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
8 illus.
Dimensions
Height: 250 mm
Width: 175 mm
Thickness: 48 mm
Weight
1567 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-19-533852-2 (9780195338522)
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Additional editions
Lewis R. Rambo | Charles E. Farhadian
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion
E-Book
03/2014
1st Edition
OUP eBook
€103.99
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Persons
Lewis R. Rambo is Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission at the San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley.
Charles Farhadian is Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission at Westmont College.
Charles Farhadian is Professor of World Religions and Christian Mission at Westmont College.
Editor
Research Professor of Psychology and ReligionResearch Professor of Psychology and Religion, San Francisco Theological Seminary and the Graduate Theological Union, Berkeley, CA
Professor of World Religions and Christian MissionProfessor of World Religions and Christian Mission, Westmont College, Santa Barbara, CA
Content
Contributors ; Introduction - Lewis R. Rambo and Charles E. Farhadian ; Disciplinary Perspectives ; 1. History of Religious Conversion - Marc David Baer ; 2. Demographics of Religious Conversion - Todd M. Johnson ; 3. Geography of Religious Conversion - Lily Kong and Seeta Nair ; 4. Anthropology of Conversion - Henri Gooren ; 5. The Role of Language in Religious Conversion - Peter Stromberg ; 6. Sociology of Conversion - Fenggang Yang and Andrew Abel ; 7. Conversion and the Historic Spread of Religions - Robert Montgomery ; 8. Migration and Conversion of Korean American Christians - Rebecca Kim ; 9. Psychology of Religious Conversion - Ray Paloutzian ; 10. Religious Conversion and Cognitive Neuroscience - Kelly Bulkeley ; 11. Dreaming and Religious Conversion - Kelly Bulkeley ; 12. Deconversion - Heinz Streib ; 13. Feminist Approaches to the Study of Conversion- Eliza Kent ; 14. Religious Conversion and the Arts - Diane Apostolos-Cappadona ; 15. Religious Conversion as Narrative and Autobiography - Bruce Hindmarsh ; 16. Religious Conversion and Semiotic Analysis - Massimo Leone ; 17. Politics and Religious Conversion - Timothy J. Steigenga ; Religions ; 18. Hinduism and Conversion - Arvind Sharma ; 19. Conversion to Jainism - Andrea Jain ; 20. Conversion to Buddhism - Dan Smyer Yu ; 21. Conversion to Sikhism - Gurinder Singh Mann ; 22. Conversion to Daoism - Louis Komjathy ; 23. Conversion to Confucianism - Anna Sun ; 24. Conversion and Indigenous Religions in China - Fan Lizhu and Chen Na ; 25. Conversion to Judaism - Alan Segal ; 26. Conversion to Christianity - David Kling ; 27. Conversion to Islam in Theological and Historical Perspectives - Marcia Hermansen ; 28. Conversion to Islam and the Construction of a Pious Self - Karin van Nieuwkerk ; 29. Conversion to New Religious Movements - Douglas Cowan ; 30. Deconversion from New Religious Movements - Stuart A. Wright ; 31. Legal and Political Issues and Religious Conversion - James Richardson ; 32. Conversion to Mormonism - Seth L. Bryant, Henri Gooren, Rick Phillips, & David G. Stewart, Jr. ; Index