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Owen, Janet L. "Evaluating theories and stereotypes of the attraction of Judaism to females in interfaith marriage." Thesis, University of Aberdeen, 2012. http://digitool.abdn.ac.uk:80/webclient/DeliveryManager?pid=195800.
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Curk, Joshua M. "From Jew to Gentile : Jewish converts and conversion to Christianity in medieval England, 1066-1290." Thesis, University of Oxford, 2015. http://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/uuid:996a375b-43ac-42fc-a9f5-0edfa519d249.
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The subject of this thesis is Jewish conversion to Christianity in medieval England. The majority of the material covered dates between 1066 and c.1290. The overall argument of the thesis contends that converts to Christianity in England remained essentially Jews. Following a discussion of the relevant secondary literature, which examines the existing discussion of converts and conversion, the principal arguments contained in the chapters of the thesis include the assertion that the increasing restrictiveness of the laws and rules regulating the Jewish community in England created a push factor towards conversion, and that converts to Christianity inhabited a legal grey area, neither under the jurisdiction of the Exchequer of the Jews, nor completely outside of it. Numerous questions are asked (and answered) about the variety of convert experience, in order to argue that there was a distinction between leaving Judaism and joining Christianity. Two convert biographies are presented. The first shows how the liminality that was a part of the conversion process affected the post-conversion life of a convert, and the second shows how a convert might successfully integrate into Christian society. The analysis of converts and conversion focusses on answering a number of questions. These relate to, among other things, pre-conversion relationships with royal family members, the reaction to corrody requests for converts, motives for conversion, forced or coerced conversions, the idea that a convert could be neither Christian nor Jew, converts re-joining Judaism, converts who carried the names of royal functionaries, the domus conversorum, convert instruction, and converting minors. The appendix to the thesis contains a complete catalogue of Jewish converts in medieval England. Among other things noted therein are inter-convert relationships, and extant source material. Each convert also has a biography.
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Fogle, Lauren French. "Jewish converts to Christianity in medieval London." Thesis, Royal Holloway, University of London, 2006. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.430466.
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Jayakumar. "Conversions and re-conversions in South Gujarat an analytical study of the responses of the converts and re-converts in the context of persecution /." Columbia, SC : Columbia Theological Seminary, 2008. http://dx.doi.org/10.2986/tren.023-0217.
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Burns, Lisa M. "Islamic understandings of sin and forgiveness perceptions of converts to Christianity and Christian missionaries /." Online full text .pdf document, available to Fuller patrons only, 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Jiang, Lian. "Visiting parents from China their conversion experiences in America and contributions to Christianity at home /." Fort Worth, Tex. : Texas Christian University, 2006. http://etd.tcu.edu/etdfiles/available/etd-01122007-102839/unrestricted/jiang.pdf.
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Thesis (D.Min.)--Brite Divinity School, Texas Christian University, 2006.Title from dissertation title page (viewed Feb. 9, 2007). Includes abstract. "A project report and thesis submitted to the Faculty of Brite Divinity School in partial fulfillment of the requirement for the degree of Doctor of Ministry." Includes bibliographical references.
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Thomas, Paul R. "Training materials for Muslim-background believers in Bangladesh." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 1999. http://www.tren.com.
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Divino, Cláudio da Fonseca. "An analysis of the spiritual lives of converts from the African Brazilian religions to Christianity and its ministerial implications." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com/search.cfm?p062-0250.
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Bulanda, Mary Ann. "Identity and spirituality in the life of Edith Stein." Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN) Access this title online Theological Research Exchange Network (TREN), 2005. http://www.tren.com.
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Faser, RJ. ""...Almost a rabbi himself"? : John Lightfoot and the conversion of the Jews to Christianity." Thesis, 1995. https://eprints.utas.edu.au/19504/1/whole_FaserRobertJohn1995_thesis.pdf.
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'... [B]y constant reading of the rabbis, [he] became almost a rabbi
himself. ..' In these words, Edward Gibbon in the eighteenth
century described John Lightfoot, a seventeenth century Puritan
scholar who taught at Cambridge University. In the seventeenth
through early nineteenth centuries, Lightfoot's reputation as a Hebrew
scholar was held in high regard, particularly in the area of Talmudic
studies.
Paradoxically, Lightfoot, for all his expertise in the language and
literature of the Jews, held the Jews and their religion in contempt,
as has been forcefully demonstrated by Schertz. Lightfoot expressed
a deep hostility toward both the ancient Jews and the Jews
contemporary to himself. An area in which he expressed his contempt
for and hostility to the Jews most forcefully was in his attitude to
attempts to convert Jews to Christianity.
This dissertation will seek to examine Lightfoot's views on the
conversion of the Jews to Christianity. In doing so, this dissertation
will not attempt to serve as a systematic critique of Lightfoot's
Talmudic and rabbinic scholarship. Schertz has already provided such
a critique. Neither will this dissertation attempt to provide a
systematic evaluation, from a twentieth-century perspective, of
Lightfoot's importance in the development of historical-critical
methods of studying the scriptures. Such a study has yet to be
written and would demand greater space than the specifications of this dissertation would allow, along with greater technical and linguistic
expertise in the disciplines of biblical studies than the author of
this dissertation claims to possess. Of necessity, this work will
assume a narrower focus on a single, albeit central, aspect of
Lightfoot's thought.
The first chapter will place Lightfoot's views in historical context by
surveying attitudes regarding the conversion of the Jews to
Christianity in seventeenth-century England. Among many English
Puritans, particularly during the periods of the Civil War, the
Commonwealth and the Protectorate, a growing conviction existed that
the Second Coming of Christ was imminent and that the mass
conversion of the Jews to Christianity was a necessary prerequisite to
the Second Coming.
The second chapter will examine Lightfoot's opposition to attempts to
convert Jews to Christianity, as stated in A Parergon Concerning the
Fall of Jerusalem. In this context, some consideration of Lightfoot's
general views regarding Jews and Judaism will also be relevant.
The third chapter will consider the impact of John Calvin's theology
upon Lightfoot's views regarding the conversion of the Jews,
particularly the doctrines of election and predestination.
In the concluding section, Lightfoot's views on the conversion of the
Jews will be evaluated. In this evaluation, the observation will be
made that a significant common factor was shared by Lightfoot and by the advocates of the conversion of the Jews. Neither viewed Judaism as a religion in its own right. Instead, Judaism was viewed as either
an under-developed form of Christianity or as a negation of
Christianity. It will be the contention of this dissertation that this
view of Judaism constituted a significant flaw in the thought both of
Lightfoot and of the advocates of the conversion of the Jews.
In this context, the author hopes that the irony (whether intentional
or unintentional) of Gibbon's remark will become apparent, that
Lightfoot, with his contempt for the Jews and their religion, was
never ' . . almost a rabbi himself.'
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Zekry, Pinchas. "Conversion to Judaism in South Africa." Thesis, 1998. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/17872.
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Amidst the decisive events of the 20th century - the Holocaust and the rebirth of the Jewish homeland - which impacted heavily on Jewish attitudes, emerged a broadening of religious doctrines creating diversity within Judaism.
Previous insularist tendencies were replaced by revised outlooks on
proselytisation, blending with the unique characteristics of South African
Jewry. Clearly, local Jewish society and the Rabbinate have placed these
updated perceptions high on its agenda. The inevitable mixed reactions
have been reviewed in this work, which looks at the long road travelled by
the convert from the viewpoint of current motivations, acceptance by the
community and post conversion levels of observance.
My own theory is a model encompassing the respective components of local proselytism looking at categories of converts, their motives, demands to be met and obstacles. To comprehend the contemporary position, a historical survey delved into the issue from its Biblical origins via the influences of centuries, reaching the South African scene. This inquiry investigated the development of conversion policies drawn from an evolvement of energetic Halakhic debate.
These attitudes manifest themselves in archival sources from 1924, of which my analysis is the first of its kind. From these records, together with those of my own community and data available from the Cape Beth Din, the interpretative statistics thus compiled identified characteristics and motivations of applicants and procedural mechanics.
This work proceeded a step further. Focus on the Durban model provided
an ideal observation point for the post conversion stages. Personal
knowledge of the candidates gained from my service to Durban Jewry
enabled me to assess their respective adherences and absorption into the community. Furthermore, responses to a questionnaire sent to the local Jewry and interviews revealed attitudes both of Jews by birth and the
converts themselves whilst added perceptions were obtained from a
questionnaire sent to the Rabbis of South Africa.
In the final chapter I submitted proposals and recommendations, some of
which are radical. Covering the entire process of conversion this model
attempts to address the future of conversions in South Africa as this is
expected to remain a pivotal issue of immense momentum.Religious Studies & Arabic
D. Litt. et Phil. (Religious Studies)
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Kröker, Jakob. "Die Problematik der Bekehrung eines kommunistisch geprägten Juden: eine sozio-missiologische Fallstudie des Bekehrungsprozesses der kommunistisch geprägten Juden." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2051.
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Text in GermanIt is the aim of this study to present the problems concerning the conversion of Jews with communist background to Christianity. This way useful advice shall be won for the missionary work among Jews who came from the former Sowjetunion. At first the social, cultural, religious and political background of the Jews before the immigration into Zsar-Russia until their emigration from the former Sowjetunion are researched. Then, in order to research the processes of conversion, 18 former Sowjetunion Jews who live in Israel were given interview-questionaries to get an idea from personal experiences and knowledge. To get a more objective picture of the conversion subject, testimonies of messianic Jews, statements of pastors, information letters and messianic literature were also consulted. In the last part of this study the mission-theological conclusion of the conversion subject is given and reflected for the missionary work among Jews stemming from the former Sowjetunion.
Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
M. Th. (Missiology)
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Baer, Marc David. "Honored by the glory of Islam : the Ottoman State non Muslims, and conversion to Islam in late seventeenth-century Istanbul and Rumelia /." 2001. http://wwwlib.umi.com/dissertations/fullcit/3006473.
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Baer, Marc Daved. "Honored by the glory of Islam : the Ottoman State non Musims, and conversion to Islam in late seventeenth-century Istanbul and Rumela /." 2001. http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&res_dat=xri:pqdiss&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:3006473.
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Straehler, Reinhold. "Conversions from Islam to Christianity in the Sudan." Thesis, 2005. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2438.
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This research project focuses on conversions from Islam to Christianity in the Sudan. It first
gives a biblical and theological understanding of conversion and then introduces the sociological
and psychological understanding of such a change in religious affiliation. It discusses conversion
as a spiritual decision process and develops a spiritual decision matrix for evaluating conversion processes of Muslims. The heart of the study is an analysis of the conversion processes of six converts with a Northern Sudanese background from different Muslim tribes. The interviews that were conducted with these converts are analysed in terms of five parameters: reasons for conversion; factors that led to conversion; stages in the conversion processes; problems encountered during the conversion processes; and results of the conversion. These parameters are compared with existing data from six studies of Muslims in other geographical areas who also converted to the Christian faith.Christian Spirituality Church History and Missiology
M.Th. (Missiology)
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Phōtiadēs, Kōstas. "Die Islamisierung Kleinasiens und die Kryptochristen des Pontos." 1985. http://catalog.hathitrust.org/api/volumes/oclc/23638712.html.
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Maurer, Andreas. "In search of a new life : conversion motives of Christians and Muslims." Thesis, 1999. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/18178.
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Text in EnglishThe Muslim population in South Africa has its origins in the 17th Century when they were initially brought in as slaves or political exiles by the Dutch colonisers. Christian-Muslim relations have not always been good and especially the topic of 'conversion' has often caused conflict between the members of the two faiths. Additional problems such as the apartheid era has caused many Christians, especially Africans, to question their faith and turn their back on Christianity by converting to Islam. There are other areas which have caused conflict in the relations such as mistrust, misinformation and discrimination. In South Africa's religiously pluralistic society people convert from Christianity to Islam, and vice versa, from a variety of motives. This study first discusses various Christian missiological debates on understandings of conversion and then surveys psychological approaches to the motivational structures of 'decision-making'. The heart of the study is the presentation and analysis of the conversion narratives of 20 converts (10 from Islam to Christianity and 10 from Christianity to Islam). These narratives are analysed in terms of five key conversion motives, as a result of which various patterns of conversion motives emerge. In church practice and missiology, conversion is often understood only in one direction (towards Christianity) and with only one valid motive, namely a strictly religious one. This study reveals, however, that such a view is inadequate. Conversion should rather be understood as a two-way movement and based on combinations of various motives. This study concludes with the presentation of a holistic missiological understanding of conversion which applies more adequately to the South African context. This new understanding of conversion may help to promote better understanding and respect between faith communities.
Christian Spirituality, Church History & Missiology
D. Th. (Missiology)
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Hoskins, Daniel Gene. "Conversion narratives in context: Muslims turning to Christ in post-Soviet Central Asia." Thesis, 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/14202.
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Religious experience is a narrative reality, while it certainly relates to doctrines and rituals, it is embodied by the stories people tell which express the meaning of conversion as understood by the converts themselves. In order to enter this narrative world we must engage the actual stories told by converts, making space for their narratives as they make meaning of their experiences and thus open windows on the emic perspective. Sometimes this happens through stories that are largely thematic—expressing conversion in mainly one metaphor. Other times, narratives may touch on many different ideas, allowing us to discern various internal structures, such as some of the factors leading to conversion.
Nevertheless, as important as these narratives are, they are only part of the picture because religious conversion always takes place in context. Therefore, if we are to properly understand the deeply personal experience we call conversion, we must frame it within the social, cultural and historical currents swirling around that experience. The conversions in this study are rooted in the religious history of Central Asia, particularly the seventy-odd years of Soviet rule. By the end of that era, it is probably more appropriate to think in terms of localized islam, rather than a universal religion based on the text of the Quran. Not only so, but the once proudly distinct Muslim peoples, now living under Russian rule, had become enculturated into Russian patterns of life, thought, and worldview, a process referred to as Russification, something which had profound effects on the way some of them have experienced conversion away from their natal religion.
This study examines both of these aspects, first the contextual and then the personal, through the stories of thirty-six Muslims who converted to faith in Christ in post-Soviet Central Asia. By exploring the deeply personal and the broadly contextual together, this study offers a clear view of the meaning of religious conversion, in a historical, social, and religious context.Religious Studies & Arabic
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Johnson, Wesley Irvin. "Evangelicals encountering Muslims : a pre-evangelistic approach to the Qu'ran." Thesis, 2015. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/19987.
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This thesis looks at the development of Protestant and Evangelical encounter with
Muslims from the earliest days of the Modern missions movement. Special attention is
given to the dynamic equivalence model (DEM), which resulted in a new method for
interpreting the Qur’an called the Christian Qur’anic hermeneutic (CQH).
I begin with the early Protestant ministers among Muslims, such as Martyn and
Muir. Pfander’s (1910) book, The balance of truth, embodies the view that the Qur’an
teaches an irrevocable status of inspiration for the Old and New Testaments. The early
and mid-twentieth century saw a movement away from usage of the Qur’an during
Evangelical encounter with Muslims. Direct model advocates bypass the Qur’an and
other religious questions for an immediate presentation of the gospel.
The 1970s saw the development of the DEM, which produced significant changes
in how Evangelicals encountered Muslims. Pioneers like Nida, Tabor, and Kraft
implemented dynamic equivalence as a model in Evangelical ministry. Concurrently,
Accad and Cragg laid groundwork for the CQH.
The DEM creates obscurity in anthropology by promoting an evaluation of
cultural forms as essentially neutral. This is extended to religious forms, even the Qur’an.
Such a simple, asocial value for symbols is not sufficient to account for all of human life.
Cultural forms, especially those intrinsically religious, are parts of a complex system.
Meaning cannot be transferred or equivocated with integrity from one context to another
without a corresponding re-evaluation of the entire system.
Theological difficulties are also produced by the DEM and the CQH, and include
the assigning a quasi-inspirational status to the Qur’an and a denial of unique
inspirational status to the Christian Scriptures. If the gospel is communicated through the
Qur’an, then it is difficult to deny some level of God-given status to it. Further, the
Christian Scriptures are not unique as inspired literature.
My proposal for how to use the Qur’an responsibly looks to Bavinck’s elenctics
and is presented as Qur’anic pre-evangelism. Rather than communicating Biblical
meaning through the Qur’an, Evangelicals can focus on areas of the Qur’an that coincide
with a lack of assurance felt by Muslims in anthropology.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
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Hivner, Richard Leroy. "Exploring the Depths of the Mystery of Christ: The Life and Work of K. Subba Rao of Andhra Pradesh, South India, with Special Reference to His Songs." Diss., 2004. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/2191.
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Zweininger, Jakob. "Religiöse Ansprechbarkeit der Post-Sowjetischen Kirgisen : eine sozio-missiologische Fallstudie des Bekehrungsprozesses der zum Christentum konvertierten Kirgisen = Religious accountability of post-Soviet Kyrgyz people: a socio-missiological case study of the conversion process to Christianity of proselyt Kyrgyz people." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/876.
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The Kyrgyz are a Mongolian, Turkic ethno-linguistic people group. The political and
social changes of the post-soviet times have led to a great religious openness among the
Kyrgyz. Within one decade the nunber of Kyrgyz Christians has grown from few dozens to
over 3000. The intention of this work was to analyze the conversion process of the Kyrgyz
converts to Christianity and to apply the results to further missiological activity.
The religious background of the Kyrgyz, which is heavily influenced by Folk Islam,
was presented in the first chapter of the paper. In the second chapter, interviews collected
from Kyrgyz Christians were evaluated. The third chapter summarizes the most important
findings of the work and makes them applicable for missionary work. The precise knowledge
of the religious background of the Kyrgyz and intercultural communication that it is based
upon it can essentially dismantle barriers for the acceptance of the gospel.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
M. Th. (Missiology)
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Zweininger, Jakob. "Religiose Ansprechbarkeit der Post-Sowjetischen Kirgisen : eine sozio-missiologische Fallstudie des Bekehrungsprozesses der zum Christentum konvertierten Kirgisen." Diss., 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/876.
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The Kyrgyz are a Mongolian, Turkic ethno-linguistic people group. The political and
social changes of the post-soviet times have led to a great religious openness among the
Kyrgyz. Within one decade the nunber of Kyrgyz Christians has grown from few dozens to
over 3000. The intention of this work was to analyze the conversion process of the Kyrgyz
converts to Christianity and to apply the results to further missiological activity.
The religious background of the Kyrgyz, which is heavily influenced by Folk Islam,
was presented in the first chapter of the paper. In the second chapter, interviews collected
from Kyrgyz Christians were evaluated. The third chapter summarizes the most important
findings of the work and makes them applicable for missionary work. The precise knowledge
of the religious background of the Kyrgyz and intercultural communication that it is based
upon it can essentially dismantle barriers for the acceptance of the gospel.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
M. Th. (Missiology)
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Rink, Tobias. "Eine multidimensionale Methodik zur Analyse von Bekehrungsmotiven = A multi-dimensional methodology for the analysis of conversion motives." Diss., 2006. http://hdl.handle.net/10500/723.
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Zusammenfassung
Das Forschungsprojekt untersucht Bekehrungsmotive von südsudanesischen Migranten, die in einem islamischen Kontext leben. Dazu wird zunächst das biblisch-theologische Bekeh¬rungsverständnis erhoben und im Kontext seiner kirchengeschichtlichen Entwicklung dar¬gestellt. Da jede Bekehrung ein multidimensionaler Prozess ist, der neben theologischen Fragestellungen auch soziologische, anthropologische und religionspsychologische Aspekte enthält, wird ein multidimensionaler Ansatz zur Erforschung von Bekehrungsmotiven konzipiert und ein Forschungswerkzeug erstellt, dass den Kontext südsudanesischer Migranten aufnimmt. Dieses kommt im Rahmen einer Pilotstudie zum Einsatz, die aus fünf Konvertiten-Interviews besteht. Zuerst wird der Inhalt jedes Interviews aus theologischer, soziologischer, religionspsychologischer und anthropologischer Sicht separat erhoben. Danach werden die unterschiedlichen Betrachtungsweisen in einen kritischen Dialog gebracht, um die Bekehrungsmotive zu bestimmen, welche den Kategorien kognitiv-religiös, mystisch-religiös, affektiv, experimentell oder sozial-politisch zugeordnet werden. Zum Schluss wird der Ertrag aller Interviews zu einem Gesamtergebnis verbunden und einer selbstkritischen Evaluierung unterzogen.
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This dissertation examines conversion motives of Southern Sudanese migrants who live in an Islamic context. First of all a theological view of conversion in scripture and its development in the church history is presented. Since every conversion is a multi-dimensional process containing not only theological problems but also sociological, anthropological and religio¬psychlogical aspects, a multi-dimensional approach and a reseach methodology are designed for above context. This methodology is used for a pilot study of five interviews with converts. Each interview is examined separately from a theological, sociological, religio-psychological and anthropological analysis. After this the different views are brought into a critical dialog in order to identify the motives of conversion which are related to cognitive-religious, mystical¬religious, affective, experimental or social-political categories. The results of all individual interviews are merged in a final analysis and reflected in a self-critical evaluation.Christian Spirituality, Church History and Missiology
M. Th. (Missiology)