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The Chance of Salvation

A History of Conversion in America

Lincoln A. Mullen

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$43.50 • £34.95 • €39.00

ISBN 9780674975620

Publication Date: 08/28/2017

384 pages

6-1/8 x 9-1/4 inches

8 halftones, 2 maps, 3 graphs

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Lincoln A. Mullen is Assistant Professor of History and Art History at George Mason University.

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Read a conversation with Lincoln Mullen about America’s long history of religious conversion at the Atlantic
Also at the Atlantic, read Mullen on the ways in which the claim that Donald Trump has been born again follows a long pattern of redemption narratives among American evangelicals

Read a Q&A with Mullen on the American history and culture blog The Way of Improvement Leads Home

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