The Chance of Salvation

A History of Conversion in America

Lincoln A. Mullen

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$45.00 • £39.95 • €40.95

ISBN 9780674975620

Publication Date: 08/28/2017

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384 pages

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

8 halftones, 2 maps, 3 graphs

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Preface
Introduction: Religion as Choice
1. Prayer: Protestant Converts and the Sinner’s Prayer
2. Gift: Cherokee Converts and the Reception of Missions
3. Hope: African American Converts and the Jubilee
4. Kingdom: Mormon Converts and the Primitive Gospel
5. Sincerity: Jewish Converts and Resistance to Missions
6. Repose: Catholic Converts and the Sect System
Conclusion: “Maybes Are the Essence of the Situation”
Note on Sources
Notes
Acknowledgments
Index

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