conversion
- Created by: eve.lumsden1
- Created on: 03-04-18 12:09
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- Conversion
- types of conversion
- atheist to faith
- C.S lewis moved from being an atheist (due to his war time experiences) to faith, in 1931. Lewis became a lifelong Christian, writing many books on faith
- Faith to faith
- Sundar Singh, was raised a devout Sikh, however had a vision of Jesus and became an active Christian for the rest of his life
- Inner self
- Linked to the idea of psychologists like Jung, who believed in conversion to religion bought psychological wholeness
- Deepening of faith
- They can have an intellectual belief in God, but a conversion could mean their faith comes from their heart
- Moral
- Sometimes a conversion leads to increased moral standing. For example, 1960's pop star Cat Stevens gave up drugs, alcohol when he converted to Islam
- Augustine's wayward life was challenged when he read the words from Romans, which exhorts the reader to abandon the works of the flesh and be clothed with Christ
- atheist to faith
- William James' key features of conversion
- Communal
- In 'Act of Apostles' the disciples jointly received the Holy Spirit
- active
- A person seeks conversion e.g. in services like the Toronto Blessings
- individual
- John Wesley's vivid experience that enlightened his faith. He wrote 'I felt my heart strangely warmedI felt I did trust Christ, for salvation and an assurance that he has taken away my sins'
- St Paul saw blinding light and heard the voice of Jesus calling him to ministry
- gradual/ sudden
- passive
- the experience comes upon someone unexpectedly without them seeing it
- Communal
- types of conversion
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