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Auteur(s) : Kling, David William (1950-....)  Voir les notices liées en tant qu'auteur

Titre(s) : A history of Christian conversion [Texte imprimé] / David W. Kling

Publication : New York (N.Y.) : Oxford university press, copyright 2020

Description matérielle : 1 vol. (XVI-836 p.) : cartes ; 27 cm

Note(s) : Notes bibliogr. Index
"Conversion has played a central role in the history of Christianity. In this first in-depth and wide-ranging narrative history, David W. Kling examines the dynamic of individuals, families, and people groups who turn to the Christian faith. Global in reach, this book progresses from early Christian beginnings in the Roman world to Christianity's expansion into Europe, the Americas, China, India, and Africa. Although conversion is often associated with a particular strand of modern Christianity (evangelical) and a particular type of experience (sudden, overwhelming), it is, when examined over two millennia, a phenomenon far more complex than any one-dimensional profile would suggest. No single, unitary paradigm defines conversion, and no easily demonstrable process accounts for why people convert to Christianity. Rather, a multiplicity of factors-historical, personal, social, geographical, theological, psychological, and cultural-shape the converting process. A History of Christian Conversion not only narrates the conversions of select individuals and peoples. It also engages current theories and models to explain conversion and examines recurring themes in the converting process: gender, agency, motivation, testimony, coercion, self-identity, "true" conversion, music, communication, the body, and divine presence. Accessible to scholars, students, and those with a general interest in conversion, Kling's book is, to date, the most satisfying and comprehensive account of conversion in Christian history; this major work will become a standard must-read in conversion studies"

Autre(s) forme(s) du titre : 
- Autre forme du titre : Christian conversion

Sujet(s) : Conversion religieuse -- Christianisme -- Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Amérique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Chine  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Inde  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet
Christianisme -- Afrique  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Indice(s) Dewey :  248.240 9 (23e éd.) = Conversion (christianisme) - Histoire  Voir les notices liées en tant que sujet

Identifiants, prix et caractéristiques : ISBN 9780195320923 (rel.). - ISBN 0195320921. - ISBN 9780199910922 (erroné). - ISBN 9780190062620 (erroné)
EAN 9780195320923

Identifiant de la notice  : ark:/12148/cb46591006b

Notice n° :  FRBNF46591006 (notice reprise d'un réservoir extérieur)

Table des matières : Introduction: An anatomy of conversion ; I. The Roman world: The New Testament (50-100) ; The early church through Constantine (100-337) ; The Western imperial church and beyond (312-500) ; II. Medieval Europe: Late antiquity and early medieval Europe (500-1000) ; Rulers, missionaries, popes, and patriarchs (400-1200) ; Conversion by coercion: Jews and pagans (400-1500) ; Interior conversion: monks, mendicants, and mystics (1050-1500) ; III. Early modern Europe: Protestants and Continental reformers (1517-1600) ; European Catholicism ; English Protestantism (1520-1700) ; The rise of evangelicalism (1675-1750) ; IV. The Americas: Catholics in colonial America (155-1700) ; Puritans and the Great Awakening in America (1630-1790) ; American evangelicalism in Black and White (1750-present) ; Protestants and Pentecostals in Latin America (1900-present) ; V. China: The church of the East and the first Catholic missions (635-1840) ; Protestant entrance and Christian expansion (1840-1950) ; Independent Protestant movements (1930-present) ; VI. India: Upper-caste conversions (1500-1900) ; Lower-caste conversions (1530-present) ; VII. Africa: The age of the prophets (1900-1930) ; The East African revival ; Catholic East and Pentecostal West (1800-present ) ; Conclusion: Revisiting themes in the history of Christian conversion.