The Complexity Of Conversion

Author : Valerie Nicolet,Marianne Bjelland Kartzow
Publisher : Equinox Publishing
Page : 220 pages
File Size : 50,9 Mb
Release : 2020
Category : Conversion
ISBN : 178179572X

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The Complexity of Conversion by Valerie Nicolet,Marianne Bjelland Kartzow Pdf

Today, conversion is a contested religious, political, and personal phenomenon, and that was also the case in the ancient world. Using several primary sources (Jewish and Christian) and case studies, this volume discusses what this change could have meant for various individuals or groups of people in the ancient world and argues that conversion can best be understood through an intersectional perspective, an approach that includes gender, class, ethnicity, and age, as well as political and economic elements in its analysis of conversion. The volume also acknowledges that a discussion of conversion benefits from taking into account conversion's history of reception. Case studies from the reception history as well as contemporary examples of contested conversions (for example, from Christianity to Islam or vice versa) are also brought to the table. In sum, the book addresses the complexity of conversion, using a range of cases, texts and theories, and initiates a dialogue between ancient sources and present concepts or practices. Close readings of ancient texts play a central role in the project. Yet, the book also considers how sacred texts and their receptions have influenced the way we generally think about conversation as religious change.

Author : Federal Software Management Support Center (U.S.)
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 124 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 1989
Category : Computer programming
ISBN : UCR:31210024867499

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Conversion Management Handbook by Federal Software Management Support Center (U.S.) Pdf

Author : Lewis R. Rambo,Charles E. Farhadian
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 828 pages
File Size : 43,5 Mb
Release : 2014-03-06
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9780199713547

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The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion by Lewis R. Rambo,Charles E. Farhadian Pdf

The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion offers a comprehensive exploration of the dynamics of religious conversion, which for centuries has profoundly shaped societies, cultures, and individuals throughout the world. Scholars from a wide array of religions and disciplines interpret both the varieties of conversion experiences and the processes that inform this personal and communal phenomenon. This volume examines the experiences of individuals and communities who change religions, those who experience an intensification of their religion of origin, and those who encounter new religions through colonial intrusion, missionary work, and charismatic and revitalization movements. The thirty-two innovative essays provide overviews of the history of particular religions, including Hinduism, Buddhism, Confucianism, Taoism, Sikhism, Islam, Christianity, Judaism, indigenous religions, and new religious movements. The essays also offer a wide range of disciplinary perspectives-psychological, sociological, anthropological, legal, political, feminist, and geographical-on methods and theories deployed in understanding conversion, and insight into various forms of deconversion.

Author : Chang Seop Kang
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 242 pages
File Size : 43,9 Mb
Release : 2022-01-28
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666703528

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Conversion of Chinese Students in Korea to Evangelical Christianity by Chang Seop Kang Pdf

Currently, about 6 percent of the eighty thousand Chinese college students in Korea are Christians, certainly no small number considering their future role within the Chinese Church. In this study, Chang Seop Kang seeks to find out the factors, process, and types concerning the conversion of thirty Chinese international students. This qualitative study gives a rich picture of their conversion stories, providing many examples from their insider perspectives. The key finding connecting these stories is experiencing God. Overall, this book showcases how an inductive data analysis such as grounded theory can produce a powerful message that affirms biblical truth.

Author : Mark D. Wood
Publisher : Wipf and Stock Publishers
Page : 264 pages
File Size : 48,5 Mb
Release : 2023-06-01
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9781666799576

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Shepherds of the Steppes by Mark D. Wood Pdf

The evangelical Mongolian church has experienced significant growth since the country opened to the world in 1990. Despite the growth and emergence of the evangelical church in Mongolia, relatively little has been written on the church from the perspective of the leaders themselves. This ethnographic study seeks to express the experience of male, evangelical, Mongolian church leaders in their own words. The book focuses specifically on the leaders' experiences of conversion, discipleship, navigation of Mongolian culture and traditions, and theological education. Readers will hear from evangelical church leaders why they became Christians and what their experience with discipleship was like for them. The issue of contextualization for evangelical Christians is also a central focus. In particular, the translation of the term for God in Mongolian and the perspective of the church leaders are explored. This book will be of interest to those exploring Christianity in Asia and post-socialist contexts as well as seeking to better understand contemporary Mongolian culture.

Author : Pirmin P. Lemberger,Mederic Morel
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 168 pages
File Size : 43,8 Mb
Release : 2013-01-09
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9781118566053

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Managing Complexity of Information Systems by Pirmin P. Lemberger,Mederic Morel Pdf

This book is about complexity in Information Systems (IS). The subject is addressed from both conceptual and applied perspectives. Concepts are drawn from information theory, industrial design and software engineering. Its content capitalizes on experiences gathered by the authors during various contracting jobs involving software architecture, modeling and IS architecture that were conducted for large organizations in the banking and industry sectors, as well as in the public sector. The authors develop the point of view according to which mastering complexity involves two essential steps: first, one should develop a clear understanding of the real nature of complexity within the IS; second, one should identify the primary causes which contribute to its uncontrolled growth and organize these into a logical framework, in order to define efficient countermeasures. Both technical and psychological causes of complexity are to be considered. Two themes make up the main thread of the book: complexity and value. Both themes are quite common when considered separately, but their interplay remains a largely unexplored topic. The analysis of this interplay is one of the sources of originality of this book.

Author : Joseph S. P. Fong,Kenneth Wong Ting Yan
Publisher : Springer Nature
Page : 393 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2022-01-01
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783030795849

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Information Systems Reengineering, Integration and Normalization by Joseph S. P. Fong,Kenneth Wong Ting Yan Pdf

Database technology is an important subject in Computer Science. Every large company and nation needs a database to store information. The technology has evolved from file systems in the 60’s, to Hierarchical and Network databases in the 70’s, to relational databases in the 80’s, object-oriented databases in the 90’s, and to XML documents and NoSQL today. As a result, there is a need to reengineer and update old databases into new databases. This book presents solutions for this task. In this fourth edition, Chapter 9 - Heterogeneous Database Connectivity (HDBC) offers a database gateway platform for companies to communicate with each other not only with their data, but also via their database. The ability of sharing a database can contribute to the applications of Big Data and surveys for decision support systems. The HDBC gateway solution collects input from the database, transfers the data into its middleware storage, converts it into a common data format such as XML documents, and then distributes them to the users. HDBC transforms the common data into the target database to meet the user’s requirements, acting like a voltage transformer hub. The voltage transformer converts the voltage to a voltage required by the users. Similarly, HDBC transforms the database to the target database required by the users. This book covers reengineering for data conversion, integration for combining databases and merging databases and expert system rules, normalization for eliminating duplicate data from the database, and above all, HDBC connects all legacy databases to one target database for the users. The authors provide a forum for readers to ask questions and the answers are given by the authors and the other readers on the Internet.

Author : Denny K. S. Ng,Raymond R. Tan,Dominic C. Y. Foo,Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
Page : 384 pages
File Size : 40,5 Mb
Release : 2015-12-24
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781118699126

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Process Design Strategies for Biomass Conversion Systems by Denny K. S. Ng,Raymond R. Tan,Dominic C. Y. Foo,Mahmoud M. El-Halwagi Pdf

This book covers recent developments in process systems engineering (PSE) for efficient resource use in biomass conversion systems. It provides an overview of process development in biomass conversion systems with focus on biorefineries involving the production and coproduction of fuels, heating, cooling, and chemicals. The scope includes grassroots and retrofitting applications. In order to reach high levels of processing efficiency, it also covers techniques and applications of natural-resource (mass and energy) conservation. Technical, economic, environmental, and social aspects of biorefineries are discussed and reconciled. The assessment scales vary from unit- to process- and life-cycle or supply chain levels. The chapters are written by leading experts from around the world, and present an integrated set of contributions. Providing a comprehensive, multi-dimensional analysis of various aspects of bioenergy systems, the book is suitable for both academic researchers and energy professionals in industry.

Author : Arnaud Carayol,Cyril Nicaud
Publisher : Springer
Page : 232 pages
File Size : 42,7 Mb
Release : 2017-06-20
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783319601342

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Implementation and Application of Automata by Arnaud Carayol,Cyril Nicaud Pdf

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Implementation and Application of Automata, CIAA 2017,held in Marne-la-Vallée, France, in June 2017. The 17 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The topics of the presented papers include state complexity of automata; implementations of automata and experiments; enhanced regular expressions; and complexity analysis.

Author : Kirsten Marie Hartvigsen
Publisher : Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG
Page : 258 pages
File Size : 43,7 Mb
Release : 2018-12-17
Category : Religion
ISBN : 9783110386400

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Aseneth's Transformation by Kirsten Marie Hartvigsen Pdf

The story of Joseph and Aseneth is a fascinating expansion of the narrative in Genesis of Joseph in Egypt, and in particular, of his marriage to the daughter of an Egyptian priest. This study examines the portrayal of Aseneth’s transformation in the text, focusing on three perspectives. How did Aseneth’s encounter with Joseph and her subsequent transformation affect various aspects of her identity in the narrative? In what ways do the portrayals of Aseneth, her transformation, and her abode relate to select metaphors and other symbolic features depicted in the Septuagint, the Hebrew Bible, and the Pseudepigrapha? And, how do the ritualized components through which Aseneth’s transformation occurred function in the narrative, and why are they perceived as effective? In order to shed light on these facets of Joseph and Aseneth, the author draws on the contemporary approaches of intersectionality, conceptual blending, intertextual blending, and the cognitive theory of rituals, using these theoretical frameworks to explore and illuminate the complexity of Aseneth’s transformation.

Author : Marian Gaiceanu
Publisher : BoD – Books on Demand
Page : 230 pages
File Size : 49,5 Mb
Release : 2019-05-15
Category : Technology & Engineering
ISBN : 9781838803551

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Electric Power Conversion by Marian Gaiceanu Pdf

The introductory chapter to this book is like traveling in a time machine into past, present, and future of electric power conversion. Archeological discoveries are being transformed into the discoveries of the future. The book is an incursion to electric power conversion through electromechanical power conversion, static power conversion, and applications in the field. Each of the above-mentioned sections analyzes the knowledge gained using the experimental results of valuable research projects. Novice readers will learn how energy is converted adequately and adapted to different consumers. Advanced readers will discover different kinds of modern solutions and tendencies in the field of electric power conversion.

Author : Holly Crawford Pickett
Publisher : University of Pennsylvania Press
Page : 265 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2024-03-12
Category : Literary Criticism
ISBN : 9781512825657

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The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England by Holly Crawford Pickett Pdf

In The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England, Holly Crawford Pickett reconceptualizes early modern religious identity by exploring the astonishing stories of serial converts: historical figures such as William Alabaster, Kenelm Digby, William Chillingworth, and Marc Antonio De Dominis, along with fictional ones, who changed their religious affiliations between Catholicism and Protestantism multiple times. Pickett argues that serial converts both reveal and helped revise early modern understandings of the self. Through investigation of the techniques that serial converts used to stage and justify their conversions, Pickett demonstrates the performative nature of the act of conversion itself, offering a counternarrative to the paradigm of sincere, private conversion that was on the rise in the tumultuous years following the Reformation. Drawing from archival investigation into the lives and works of serial converts and performance studies theory, this book shows how the genres and conventions associated with conversion shaped not only forms of communication but also the very experience of conversion. By juxtaposing plays about serial conversion—by Thomas Dekker and Philip Massinger, Thomas Middleton, Elizabeth Cary, Ben Jonson, and William Shakespeare—with spiritual autobiographies, Pickett highlights the shared task of convert and playwright: performing conversion for an audience. Serial converts served as uncomfortable reminders to their contemporaries that religious identity is always unverifiable. The first study to explore serial conversion as a discrete phenomenon in this era, The Drama of Serial Conversion in Early Modern England challenges confessional divisions within much early modern historiography by analyzing the surprising convergence of Protestant and Catholic in the figure of the serial convert. It also reveals a neglected strain of religious discourse in early modern England that valued mutability and flexibility even in the midst of hardening and increasingly narrow understandings of conversion.

Author : N. Marzouki,O. Roy
Publisher : Springer
Page : 193 pages
File Size : 40,6 Mb
Release : 2013-08-22
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9781137004895

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Religious Conversions in the Mediterranean World by N. Marzouki,O. Roy Pdf

While globalization undermines ideas of the nation-state in the Mediterranean, conversions reveal how religion can unsettle existing political and social relations. Through studies of conversions across the region this book examines the challenges that conversions represent for national, legal and policy ways of dealing with religious minorities.

Author : Anonim
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 184 pages
File Size : 43,6 Mb
Release : 1980
Category : Weights and measures
ISBN : MINN:20000003748254

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NBS Special Publication by Anonim Pdf

Author : Brian E. Travis,Dale C. Waldt
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 41,6 Mb
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 9783642578601

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The SGML Implementation Guide by Brian E. Travis,Dale C. Waldt Pdf

Foreword------------------------------------- SGML is misunderstood and underestimated. I have always wanted to write this book. I am pleased that two people with whom I have had the pleasure to work were finally able to do so. Since I have always been a bit of an evangelist, I feel pride when my "students" become recognized "teachers". In the early years of SGML we struggled to define a language that would bring the information to its rightful place. We succeeded. Then we had to explain these idea to technical adoptors. Again, I think we have succeeded. We have learned much about SGML in the process of implementing it. These experiences must now also be shared, along with comprehensible information on the lan guage itself. The word must move out of the lab and the computer center and reach the business people, the users, the movers and shakers. The next generation will do things with SGML that we can't even imagine yet- it is that versatile.