Conversion
Subtitle: the old and the new in religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo
By: by A.D. Nock.
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Published: 1998
Place of publication: Baltimore, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 309
Subjects: Conversion -- History; Cults -- Rome; Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600; Rome -- Religion
Description: Originally published in 1933, Conversion is a seminal study of the psychology and circumstances of conversion from about 500 B.C. to about 400 A.D. A. D. Nock not only discusses early Christianity and its converts, but also examines non-Christian religions and philosophy, the means by which they attracted adherents, and the factors influencing and limiting their success.

Christianity succeeded, he argues, in part because it acquired and adapted those parts of other philosophies and religions that had a popular appeal.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Originally published: London : Oxford University Press, 1933.