Understanding Religious Conversion
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Product Details
ISBN-13: | 9781610976176 |
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Publisher: | Pickwick Publications |
Publication date: | 07/20/2012 |
Pages: | 420 |
Product dimensions: | 8.80(w) x 6.00(h) x 1.20(d) |
About the Author
Table of Contents
Foreword John Berthrong vii
Preface ix
Acknowledgments xi
Abbreviations xiii
1 Facing the Challenge: An Interdisciplinary Approach to the Issue 1
2 Exploring Insights: Search for Studies of Religious Conversion 15
3 Illustrating the Case of St. Augustine: His Main Life History and Thought 95
4 Getting Insights: Critical Search for Interpretations of Augustine's Conversion 151
5 Playing Together: An Integrated Understanding of Augustine's Conversion 263
6 Sharing the Conversion Narrative in Our Midst: Reflections and Implications 357
Appendix: The Implications of the Role of Augustine's Unnamed Woman in His Conversion 369
Bibliography 375
Index
What People are Saying About This
"Understanding Religious Conversion by Dong Young Kim is a lucid and nuanced exploration of Augustine's fascinating and influential conversion. The depth and breadth of Kim's knowledge is astonishing . . . He provides us with a compelling interpretation of one of the most important figures in the history of Christianity, establishing a new standard of scholarship for conversion studies. I enthusiastically recommend this book as one of the best interdisciplinary books ever written on the intricate, complex processes of human transformation."
Lewis R. Rambo, Yonsei University
"Kim has crafted an exhaustively researched and readable account of Augustine's process of conversion . . . He has effectively linked the best current studies of religious conversion in the literature with an intense and careful re-reading of Augustine's works and the best current critical historical, sociocultural, psychological, and theological studies of Augustine. It allows the reader to discover, or rediscover, whole aspects of a familiar story from a unique new perspective."
From the Foreword by John Berthrong, Boston University