Introduction : the complex challenge of conversion / Ingolf U. Dalferth
Part I
Why conversion? : the blurring and building of boundaries in Ancient Judaism / Gary Gilbert
Who determines conversion? : a response to Gary Gilbert / Shelley L. Long
Administrating conversion : Israel's conversion administration / Yaron Catane
Da'wah and religious freedom in Islam / S. Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana
In pursuit of plurality : a response to Ayse Kadayifci-Orellana / Richard T. Livingston
Conversion in an Ecumenical age / Joseph Prabhu
Religion, religions, and conversion : a response to Joseph Prabhu / Marlene Block
Part II
Conversion, atonement, and love / Eleonore Stump
A penitent prodigal and the suffering of love : a response to Eleonore Stump / Deidre Nicole Green
The dialectic of conversion in the age of globalization / Anselm K. Min
Religious conversion as risk : a response to Anselm K. Min / Kirsten Gerdes
Conversion, truth and rationality / Heiko Schulz
True conversion and truth : a response to Heiko Schulz / Michael Ch. Rodgers
Conversion, self-discovery and moral change / John G. Cottingham
Moral and religious conversion : a response to John G. Cottingham / Eric E. Hall
Divine and human action in conversion / William J. Abraham
Radical open : a response to William J. Abraham / Andreas Hunziker
Conversion and the rationality of religion / Stephen T. Davis
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