Finding Faith, Losing Faith : Stories of Conversion and Apostasy

Hauna Ondrey

ISBN 10: 1602581622 / ISBN 13: 9781602581623

Published by Longleaf Services On Behalf Of Baylor University P Jul 2008, 2008

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Neuware - This book examines conversion stories as told by people who have actually undergone a conversion experience, including experiences of apostasy. The stories reveal that there is not just one ''conversion story.'' Scot McKnight and Hauna Ondrey show that ''conversion theory'' helps explain why some people walk away from one religion, often to another, very different religion. The book confirms the usefulness--particularly for pastors, rabbis, and priests, and university and college teachers--of applying conversion theory to specific groups. However, the book's sensitive detailing of the stories themselves makes conversion more than a theoretical occurrence; it makes the immediacy, and often the difficulty, of conversion both real and moving.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Finding Faith, Losing Faith : Stories of Conversion and Apostasy
• Publisher: Longleaf Services On Behalf Of Baylor University P Jul 2008
• Publication Date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1602581622
• ISBN 13: 9781602581623
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 203W x 127H x 15D millimeters 203 millimeters width by 127 millimeters height by 15 millimeters depth
• Weight: 306 grams

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Synopsis

This book examines conversion stories as told by people who have actually undergone a conversion experience, including experiences of apostasy. The stories reveal that there is not just one "conversion story." Scot McKnight and Hauna Ondrey show that "conversion theory" helps explain why some people walk away from one religion, often to another, very different religion. The book confirms the usefulness--particularly for pastors, rabbis, and priests, and university and college teachers--of applying conversion theory to specific groups. However, the book's sensitive detailing of the stories themselves makes conversion more than a theoretical occurrence; it makes the immediacy, and often the difficulty, of conversion both real and moving.

About the Author

Scot McKnight (Ph.D. University of Nottingham) is the Karl A. Olsson Professor in Religious Studies, North Park University and author or editor of twelve books, including The Historical Jesus (2005), Turning to Jesus (2002), and Dictionary of Jesus and the Gospels (1992).

Hauna Ondrey is currently an M.A. candidate in theology at North Park Theological Seminary.