TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hefner,Robert W.
TI  - Conversion to Christianity: historical and anthropological perspectives on a great transformation 
SN  - 9780520912564
AV  - BV4916 .C67 1993eb
U1  - 248.2/4 21
PY  - 1993///
CY  - Berkeley
PB  - University of California Press
KW  - Conversion
KW  - History
KW  - Converts
KW  - Missions
KW  - Anthropological aspects
KW  - Religion and politics
KW  - Religion and culture
KW  - Religion
KW  - Philosophy & Religion
KW  - Christianity
KW  - Histoire
KW  - Convertis
KW  - Aspect anthropologique
KW  - Religion et politique
KW  - Religion et culture
KW  - RELIGION
KW  - Christian Life
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - fast
KW  - Christentum
KW  - gnd
KW  - Geschichte
KW  - Konversion
KW  - Kongress
KW  - Christendom
KW  - gtt
KW  - Bekering
KW  - Conversão religiosa
KW  - larpcal
KW  - Cristianização
KW  - Missões religiosas (aspectos antropológicos)
KW  - Christianisme et culture
KW  - ram
KW  - Évangélisation
KW  - Anthropologie
KW  - Convertis au christianisme
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - Interculturele vergelijkingen (vorm)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; World building and the rationality of conversion; Robert W. Hefner --; From the Jesus movement toward institutional church; Howard Clark Kee --; The 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 --; The glyphomancy factor; David K. Jordan --; Boundaries and horizons; Peter Wood
N2  - 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
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