The nature of conversions Here are the features and types of conversions. Answer the questions below.
Look at each of these people and firstly select the type of conversion that applies to them (you can select more than one!) Next choose all of the features that apply to their conversion.
Use your research to answer the question: “Explain and illustrate the religious experience of conversion.”
The nature of conversions Here are the features and types of conversions. Answer the questions below.
KEY FEATURES
Individual
Communal
Gradual
Sudden
Passive
Active
Transforming
Intellectual
Emotional
TYPES
From no faith to a faith
From one faith to another faith
From faith (believing) to faith (trusting)
Explain each of the key features of conversion listed
Individual – the conversion is of a single person rather than a group
Communal – the conversion is of a group of people at the same occasion
Gradual – the conversion takes place over a length of time possibly even years
Sudden – the conversion takes place suddenly, when a clear decision is made and a particular date can be given for the event. However, there may have been prior sub-conscious development.
Passive – the conversion is not deliberately sought but comes upon them unexpectedly.
Active – the conversion is deliberately sought, perhaps by going to an evangelistic meeting with the intention of responding to the preacher
Intellectual – the conversion is the result of an intellectual reasoned belief
Emotional – the conversion is the result of an emotional response rather than a result of debate and argument
Look at each of these people and firstly select the type of conversion that applies to them (you can select more than one!) Next choose all of the features that apply to their conversion.
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Use your research to answer the question: “Explain and illustrate the religious experience of conversion.”