Religious Change, Conversion and Culture

This book publishes the papers from a conference which grew out of an undergraduate course … the indigenisation of Christianity [was] seen in all of the societies studied, and the creative role of the convert in the conversion process has emerged as perhaps the most important theme of all. …After teaching this course for a number of years, we had the idea of holding a short conference (9-10 April, 1994) in which scholars … in a variety of disciplines would examine conversion in a wider context. …Following the conference, Dr Bill Jobling spoke to me at length about its value in … promoting communication about its subject. … The book of the conference is dedicated to his memory