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Conversion at Corinth: Perspectives on Conversion in Paul’s Theology and the Corinthian Church is unavailable, but you can change that!

Paul’s conversion and its impact on his theology have been studied extensively. Yet little has been done to relate this to Paul’s attitude towards the conversion of others, or to perspectives on conversion held by converts in the churches Paul founded. Soteriology is often considered in isolation from the practical issues of how conversion was expected to take place and the nature of its expected...

subsequent study of conversion in modern western society has made James’ individualism suspect, how much more so in relation to the ancient world. Yet the effect of giving full weight to communities and their ethics should not be to produce an equally dubious neglect of individuals and their experience. The understanding operative in this thesis will therefore be that conversion is ‘an experience rooted in both self and society. It involves a personally acknowledged transformation of self and a socially
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