Religious Conversion: Contemporary Practices and Controversies

by M. Darrol Bryant, Christopher Lamb, M. Darroll Bryant

Conversion has been an important issue for most of the universal religions - those usually associated with a founder, such as Christianity, Buddhism, Islam and Judaism - which have a mission to spread their message. Other religions have been less concerned with conversion except in so far as it has been a negative force for them to confront. This study explores how conversion has been understood by different religions during different eras, and...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0304338435
• ISBN13: 9780304338436
• Release Date: October 1999
• Publisher: Continuum
• Length: 348 Pages
• Weight: 1.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 9.2"