In this Book
- Finding Faith, Losing Faith: Stories of Conversion and Apostasy
- Book
- 2008
- Published by: Baylor University Press
summary
This book examines conversion stories as told by people who have actually undergone a conversion experience, including experiences of apostasy. The stories reveal that there is not just one"conversion story."Scot McKnight and Hauna Ondrey show that"conversion theory"helps explain why some people walk away from one religion, often to another, very different religion. The book confirms the usefulness-particularly for pastors, rabbis, and priests, and university and college teachers-of applying conversion theory to specific groups. However, the book's sensitive detailing of the stories themselves makes conversion more than a theoretical occurrence; it makes the immediacy, and often the difficulty, of conversion both real and moving.
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Additional Information
ISBN
9781602582194
Related ISBN(s)
9781602581623
MARC Record
OCLC
764416938
Pages
260
Launched on MUSE
2012-01-01
Language
English
Open Access
No