Rediscovering the Spiritual in Religious Conversion Studies

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International Bulletin of Mission Research Pub Date : 2024-01-01 DOI:10.1177/23969393231181894

K. Hilderbrand

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Abstract

This article is a review of conversion research and how it views the spiritual within conversion. Central to missions is the understanding of the process of conversion. Missiologists, psychologists, sociologists, and theologians have all studied the process of conversion. An evaluation of conversion studies shows that researchers tend to ignore or downplay the role of spiritual agency or the supernatural in the process of conversion. Recent studies in a majority world context have identified spiritual agency or the supernatural as central to conversion. We need to reexamine our models of conversion and further study the universality of spiritual agency in consideration of these results.

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在宗教皈依研究中重新发现灵性

本文回顾了皈依研究及其如何看待皈依中的属灵问题。宣教的核心是对皈依过程的理解。宣教士、心理学家、社会学家和神学家都对皈依过程进行过研究。对皈依研究的评估表明，研究人员往往忽视或淡化灵性中介或超自然在皈依过程中的作用。最近在多数世界背景下进行的研究发现，灵性中介或超自然现象是改变信仰的核心。考虑到这些结果，我们需要重新审视我们的皈依模式，并进一步研究灵性中介的普遍性。

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