00000nam a2200000 a 4500 UP-1685675941131674624 Buklod 20240104145605.0 m | | | ta 240104s1993 cau r bs001 0|eng d 0520078365 (pbk. : alk. paper) 9780520078369 (pbk. : alk. paper) 4394192 BC-74046 Gift- Dr. Yeoh Seng Guan DLC BAG rda eng BV 4916 C66 1993 Conversion to Christianity historical and anthropological perspectives on a great transformation edited and with an introduction by Robert W. Hefner. Berkeley, California University of California Press [1993] x, 326 pages 23 cm text rdacontent unmediated rdamedia volume rdacarrier 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. One of the most striking developments in the history of modern civilizations has been the conversion of tribal peoples to more expansively organized "world" religions. There is little scholarly consensus as to why these religions have endured and why conversion to them has been so widespread. These essays explore the phenomenon of Christian conversion from this world-building perspective. Combining rich case studies with original theoretical insights, this work challenges sociologists, anthropologists and historians of religion to reassess the varieties of religious experience and the convergent processes involved in religious change. Conversion Christianity History. Christian converts. Missions Anthropological aspects. Religion and politics. Religion and culture. Hefner, Robert W. 1952- editor. FO UPBAG UPBAG-MAIN BV 4916 C66 1993 Book