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God's Gambler. by West, Robert Frederick,1916-1984.(CARDINAL)799023;
Bibliographical footnotes.
Subjects: Biographies.; Garner, Bruce, 1903 or 1904-1961.; Protestant converts.; North Caroliniana.;
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Coming home : why Protestant clergy are becoming Orthodox / by Gillquest, Peter.;
Subjects: Biographies.; Orthodox Eastern converts; Protestant churches;
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PASSPORT TO HEAVEN : the true story of a zealous Mormon missionary who discovers the Jesus he never knew / by Wilder, Micah,1985-author.;
Refuge -- The cross -- God's army -- The Band-Aid mission -- Son of suffering -- Mud in my eyes -- For by this -- Zeal for God -- Fight the good fight -- Enemy of the cross -- As a child -- The holy inquisition -- Shadows of David -- Secret sacred things-- Winter Garden -- The Edgewater -- Charley -- Charley (and the whale) -- Frances -- Jeanne -- Fulfilling all righteousness -- It's not fair -- Love Elders -- Wilma -- Standards of excellence -- Banished to Patmos -- It's all about love -- Passport to Heaven -- Nehor -- Jesus is enough -- Breaking the seal -- The kiss of Judas -- More than a friend -- Salt-Land -- Released."In Passport to Heaven, Micah shares his gripping journey from living as a devoted member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints to embracing the mercy and freedom that can only be found in Jesus Christ"--
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Wilder, Micah, 1985-; Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints; Ex-church members; Latter Day Saint missionaries; Protestant converts;
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The chance of salvation : a history of conversion in America / by Mullen, Lincoln A.,1984-author.;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 289-354) and index.Introduction : Religion as choice -- Prayer: Protestant converts and the sinner's prayer -- Gift: Cherokee converts and the reception of missions -- Hope: African American converts and the jubilee -- Kingdom: Mormon converts and the primitive gospel -- Sincerity: Jewish converts and resistance to missions -- Repose: Catholic converts and the rejection of the sect system -- Conclusion: "Maybes are the essence of the situation"The Chance of Salvation offers a history of conversions in the United States which shows how religious identity came to be a matter of choice. Shortly after the American Revolution, people in the United States increasingly encountered an expanded array of religious options. Evangelical Protestants began an effort to convert Americans, while developing new practices that emphasized conversion as an immediate choice. Their missionary effort extended to Native American nations such as the Cherokee in the Southeast, who received Christianity on their own terms. Enslaved and newly freed African Americans likewise created a variety of Christian conversion that was centered on religious hope and eschatological expectation. Mormons, drawing on earlier Protestant practices and beliefs, enthusiastically proselytized for a new tradition that emphasized individual choice and free will. By uncovering the way that religious identity is structured as an obligatory decision, this book explains why Americans change their religions so much, and why the United States is both highly religious in terms of religious affiliation and very secular in the sense that no religion is an unquestioned default.--
Subjects: Conversion; Proselytizing; Religious pluralism; Christianity and other religions;
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Preaching eugenics : religious leaders and the American eugenics movement / by Rosen, Christine.(CARDINAL)276705;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 243-275) and index.Fervent charity -- Certifying eugenic purity in the churches -- Protestant promoters and Jewish eugenics -- Eugenicists discover Jesus -- Sterilization, birth control, and the Catholic confrontation with eugenics -- Twilight converts.1610L
Subjects: Eugenics; Eugenics;
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Crossing the Tiber : evangelical Protestants discover the historical church / by Ray, Stephen K.(CARDINAL)643439;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-280) and index.
Subjects: Biographies.; Ray, Janet.; Ray, Stephen K.; Baptism; Catholic converts; Lord's Supper;
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To China with love : the lives and times of Protestant missionaries in China, 1860-1900. by Barr, Pat,1934-(CARDINAL)124914;
Bibliography: pages 200-203.Over the dark blue sea -- The distant land of Sinim -- A matter of style -- Riot -- Upon the plain of Chihli -- A man for Mongolia -- Where are the nine? -- A man of sympathies so broad -- God first -- The smooth and the rough -- Ladies, converts and demons -- Some time in Shanghai -- Hellfire and Hankow -- A number of wonderful edicts -- The blood of the martyrs -- Miles of miracle.
Subjects: Biographies.; Missions; Missionaries; Protestant churches;
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An account of the conversion of the Reverend Mr. John Thayer, lately a Protestant minister, at Boston in North-America : who embraced the Roman Catholic religion at Rome, on the 25th of May, 1783 / by Thayer, John,1758-1815.(CARDINAL)753250;
Subjects: Biographies.; Thayer, John, 1758-1815.; Catholic converts;
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Bearing false witness : debunking centuries of anti-Catholic history / by Stark, Rodney,author.(CARDINAL)138047;
Includes bibliographical references and index."As we all know and as many of our well established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history, Pope Pius XII was anti-Semitic and rightfully called "Hitler's Pope," the Dark Ages were a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. But what if these long held beliefs were all wrong? In this stunning, powerful, and ultimately persuasive book, Rodney Stark, one of the most highly regarded sociologists of religion and bestselling author of The Rise of Christianity (HarperSanFrancisco 1997) argues that some of our most firmly held ideas about history, ideas that paint the Catholic Church in the least positive light are, in fact, fiction. Why have we held these wrongheaded ideas so strongly and for so long? And if our beliefs are wrong, what, in fact, is the truth? In each chapter, Stark takes on a well-established anti-Catholic myth, gives a fascinating history of how each myth became the conventional wisdom, and presents a startling picture of the real truth. For example, Instead of the Spanish Inquisition being an anomaly of torture and murder of innocent people persecuted for "imaginary" crimes such as witchcraft and blasphemy, Stark argues that not only did the Spanish Inquisition spill very little blood, but it was a major force in support of moderation and justice. Instead of Pope Pius XII being apathetic or even helpful to the Nazi movement, such as to merit the title, "Hitler's Pope," Stark shows that the campaign to link Pope Pius XII to Hitler was initiated by the Soviet Union, presumably in hopes of neutralizing the Vatican in post-World War II affairs. Pope Pius XII was widely praised for his vigorous and devoted efforts to saving Jewish lives during the war. Instead of the Dark Ages being understood as a millennium of ignorance and backwardness inspired by the Catholic Church's power, Stark argues that the whole notion of the "Dark Ages" was an act of pride perpetuated by anti-religious intellectuals who were determined to claim that theirs was the era of "Enlightenment." In the end, readers will not only have a more accurate history of the Catholic Church, they will come to understand why it became unfairly maligned for so long. Bearing False Witness is a compelling and sobering account of how egotism and ideology often work together to give us a false truth."--"As we all know and as many of our well established textbooks have argued for decades, the Inquisition was one of the most frightening and bloody chapters in Western history, Pope Pius XII was anti-Semitic and rightfully called "Hitler's Pope," the Dark Ages were a stunting of the progress of knowledge to be redeemed only by the secular spirit of the Enlightenment, and the religious Crusades were an early example of the rapacious Western thirst for riches and power. But what if these long held beliefs were all wrong? In this stunning, powerful, and ultimately persuasive book, Rodney Stark, one of the most highly regarded sociologists of religion and bestselling author of The Rise of Christianity (HarperSanFrancisco 1997) argues that some of our most firmly held ideas about history, ideas that paint the Catholic Church in the least positive light are, in fact, fiction. Why have we held these wrongheaded ideas so strongly and for so long? And if our beliefs are wrong, what, in fact, is the truth? In each chapter, Stark takes on a well-established anti-Catholic myth, gives a fascinating history of how each myth became the conventional wisdom, and presents a startling picture of the real truth"--
Subjects: Apologetic writings.; Catholic Church; Catholic Church; Catholic Church; Church history.;
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Who are we? : the challenges to America's identity / by Huntington, Samuel P.(CARDINAL)127724;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 367-410) and index.Part 1. The issues of identity : The crisis of national identity -- Identities: national and other ; Part 2. American identity : Components of American identity -- Anglo-Protestant culture -- Religion and Christianity -- Emergence, triumph, erosion ; Part 3. Challenges to American identity : Deconstructing America: the rise of subnational identities -- Assimilation: converts, ampersands, and the erosion of citizenship -- Mexican immigration and hispanization -- Merging America with the world ; Part 4. Renewing American identity : Fault lines old and new -- Twenty-first century America: vulnerability, religion, and national identity.
Subjects: National characteristics, American.;
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