{"product_id":"conversion-the-old-and-the-new-in-religion-from-alexander-the-great-to-augustine-of-hippo-9780801859106","title":"Conversion: The Old and the New in Religion from Alexander the Great to Augustine of Hippo","description":"\u003cp\u003eOriginally published in 1933, \u003ci\u003eConversion\u003c\/i\u003e is a seminal study of the psychology and circumstances of conversion from about 500 B.C.E. 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e A. D. Nock\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Johns Hopkins University Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/26\/1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 321\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.85lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.49h x 5.53w x 0.72d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780801859106\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eArthur Darby Nock \u003c\/b\u003e (1902-1963) was the Frothingham Professor of the History of Religion at Harvard University. He was for years one of the world's leading authorities on the religions of later antiquity. He is also the author of \u003ci\u003eEarly Gentile Christianity and Its Hellenistic Background\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eEssays on Religion and the Ancient World\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThis title is not returnable\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Johns Hopkins University Press","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":40136291352691,"sku":"9.78E+12","price":35.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0555\/9255\/0515\/products\/img_13366b27-090a-47e9-bfd0-f8fc0c51a2a6.jpg?v=1654262754","url":"https:\/\/bookstorenmore.com\/products\/conversion-the-old-and-the-new-in-religion-from-alexander-the-great-to-augustine-of-hippo-9780801859106","provider":"Bookstore N More","version":"1.0","type":"link"}