Transforming conversion : rethinking the language and contours of Christian initiation /
Smith, Gordon T., 1953-
Transforming conversion : rethinking the language and contours of Christian initiation / Gordon T. Smith. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010. - x, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The language of conversion: revivalism and the evangelical experience -- Conversion and the redemptive purposes of God -- Chapters in the history of an idea: part 1 -- Chapters in the history of an idea: part 2 -- To be a saint: conversion and spiritual maturity -- The contours of a Christian conversion -- The penitential dimension of conversion -- The sacramental dimension of conversion -- Spiritual autobiography and conversion narrative -- What then does it mean to be a congregation?.
9780801032479 (pbk.)
2010005989
Conversion--Christianity.
BV4916.3 / .S65 2010
248.2 / Sm511
Transforming conversion : rethinking the language and contours of Christian initiation / Gordon T. Smith. - Grand Rapids, Mich. : Baker Academic, c2010. - x, 208 p. ; 23 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
The language of conversion: revivalism and the evangelical experience -- Conversion and the redemptive purposes of God -- Chapters in the history of an idea: part 1 -- Chapters in the history of an idea: part 2 -- To be a saint: conversion and spiritual maturity -- The contours of a Christian conversion -- The penitential dimension of conversion -- The sacramental dimension of conversion -- Spiritual autobiography and conversion narrative -- What then does it mean to be a congregation?.
9780801032479 (pbk.)
2010005989
Conversion--Christianity.
BV4916.3 / .S65 2010
248.2 / Sm511