Archetypes of Conversion

by Anne Hunsaker Hawkins

This sensitive and imaginative study explores the phenomenon of conversion in three major religious autobiographies: the Confessions of Saint Augustine, Grace Abounding by John Bunyan, and Thomas Merton's The Seven Storey Mountain. These three religious figures could hardly be more different, and yet, as Hawkins shows, their conversion narratives are remarkably similar in patterns of theme, figure, and action. This archetypal approach is particularly...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1625646941
• ISBN13: 9781625646941
• Release Date: March 2014
• Publisher: Wipf & Stock Publishers
• Length: 192 Pages
• Weight: 0.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.1" x 8.9"