Notes: Conversion

CONVERSION AND RELIGIOUS EXPERIENCE

Concepts: Conversion, Religious Experiences
Meanings and Dimensions A. Conversion - Change OT Chata missing the mark-Sin Shuv religious and ethical conversion turning in the opposite direction returning to the former position restore turning from sin, to God Changing course of action, of attitude, and relationship. NT Hamartia missing the mark Sin Metanoesate repent Epistrephate turn again Acts 3: 19

Repent ye, therefore, and be converted, that your sins may be blotted out,...

The Conversion Elements 1. metanoein think in reverse, change the

2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7.

way of your thinking repent homologein to confess, to say the same thing pisteuein to believe burning the past symbolic culture related practice, ritual baptismo immersion koinonia fellowship witnessing, giving, etc.

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1. Horizontal Conversion changing from one

religion to an other one. 2. Vertical Conversion Christ effecting a change in the heart of a person. Facets

1. Internal the rational, moral, emotional, and attitudinal aspects. I-Thou 2. External the social, political, legal, and communal aspects. I-You I-It B. Varieties of Religious Experiences Varieties of Experiences of Conversion 1. Volitional and Gradual (William James) Case Story of a weaver in Brazil: I know neither time nor place of conversion cant pin-point 2. Sudden Self-Surrender (William James) Case Story of a medic in Russia: We knelt; Guilt (Crisis) Conviction - Repentance Conversion. 3. Peak Experiences (Abraham Maslow) Case Story of a Psychiatrist in Japan: My conversion took five years, during which I read the Bible, first sporadically, then more regularly. Each experience was a kind of climax. (five years later) When I stepped out of water. I knew I was a newborn man.

Building up Gradual The Peak Experience when the convert knows he is really converted and become a new person.
Various forms of Religious Experiences

Fear - Animism, Fatalism, Judgement Bhakti Worship Hymns, dance, exhilaration, weeping, ecstasy, faith.
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Mysticism - Trance, Dreams, Vision, Slain in the spirit, Union with God, Knowing Reality. Fear, Love, and Mysticism in Conversion.

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