Lexington Books
Pages: 228
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Trim: 6¼ x 9¼
978-0-7391-6783-0 • Hardback • April 2012 • $110.00 • (£85.00)
978-0-7391-7553-8 • eBook • April 2012 • $104.50 • (£81.00)
Erin Dufault-Hunter is assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary.
Chapter 1: The Need for an Alternative Theory of Conversion
Chapter 2: A Constructive Overview of Theories regarding Religious Conversion
Chapter 3: Story and the Making of the Self
Chapter 4: Reading Conversion through a Narrative Lens
Chapter 5: Hermeneutics and the Ethical Implications of a Narrative Approach to Conversion
Drawing on narrative ethics, Dufault-Hunter challenges reductionistic theories of conversion. In this richly illustrated book, the author develops a theoretically sophisticated interpretation of the role that religion potentially plays in transforming people with drug additions and other life challenges.
— Donald E. Miller, University of Southern California
I find this to be an engaging work that offers a compelling argument for thinking about the experience of religious conversions in a way that avoids various forms of naturalistic reductionism promulgated by many in the social sciences.
— Gordon S. Mikoski, Princeton Theological Seminary