TY - BOOK AU - Smith,Gordon T. TI - Transforming conversion: rethinking the language and contours of Christian initiation SN - 9780801032479 (pbk.) AV - BV4916.3 .S65 2010 U1 - 248.2 22 PY - 2010/// CY - Grand Rapids, Mich. PB - Baker Academic KW - Conversion KW - Christianity N1 - 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? ER -