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Papers originally presented at a conference held in Ebeltoft, Denmark, December 1st-4th, 2012, at Aarhus University.

Includes indexes.

Early Christianity in the context of antiquity : ; volume 16

In life and death : choice and conversion in the cult of Dionysos

Becoming Christian in Carthage in the Age of Tertullian

Conversion in the oldest Apocryphal acts

Human and divine agency in conversion in apologetic writings of the second century : to dance with angels

Ontological conversion : a description and analysis of two case studies from Tertullian's de Baptismo and Iamblichus' De mysteriis

Agents of apostasy, delegates of disaffiliation

Change and continuity : reading anew Augustine's conversion

The devil is in the details' Hellenistic mystery initiation rites : bridge-burning or bridge-building?

Conversion, conflict, and the drama of social reproduction : narratives of filial resistance in early Christianity and modern Britain

There and back again : temporary immortality in the Mithras liturgy

Identity formation through catechetical teaching in early Christianity

The role of religious education in six of the pagan religions of the Hellenistic-Roman period

Educating a Mithraist

Observations on late antique rabbinic sources on instruction of would-be converts

The role of philosophy and education in apologists' conversion to Christianity : the case of Justin and Tatian.

Conversion > Congresses.

Initiation rites > Religious aspects > Congresses.

Psychology, Religious > Congresses.

Church history > Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600 > Congresses.

Christianity and other religions > Greek > Congresses.

Christianity and other religions > Roman > Congresses.

Religious education > History > Congresses.