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Strange gods : a secular history of conversion

by Susan Jacoby

This history examines religious conversion in the West from a secular perspective, tracing the social, economic, and political factors influencing changes in faith from antiquity to the present. It explores how Enlightenment values established the right to religious choice.

Accession 13826 ISBN 9780375423758 Publisher Pantheon
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