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Narrative about converting to a religion
Broadly speaking, a conversion narrative is a narrative that relates the operation of conversion, usually religious. As a specific aspect of American literary
Conversion_narrative
American defector and former airman (born 1979)
genuineness, qualifications, and/or achievements, as well as a "conversion narrative", a chronological work history, and Witt's DD Form 214. Nine minutes
Monica_Witt
Autobiography of African-American Muslim minister and human rights activist
conducted between 1963 and 1965. The Autobiography is a religious conversion narrative which outlines Malcolm X's philosophy of Black pride, Black nationalism
The Autobiography of Malcolm X
The_Autobiography_of_Malcolm_X
Essay about Christian conversion
Reformed Christianity portal A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls in Northampton is an essay written
A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God
A_Faithful_Narrative_of_the_Surprising_Work_of_God
Psychological theory
The theory of narrative identity (aka self-narrative) postulates that individuals form an identity by integrating their life experiences into an internalized
Narrative_identity
Armani - A 17th-century Safavid writer of Armenian origin. He wrote a conversion narrative in Persian, called 'I'tirāf-nāma' ("Confession Book"). Badr al-Jamali
List of converts to Shia Islam
List_of_converts_to_Shia_Islam
the conversion narrative of the Volga Bulgar Muslims: There are numerous digressions dealing with the founding of the Bulghar conversion narrative, and
Alexander the Great in Islamic tradition
Alexander_the_Great_in_Islamic_tradition
Pseudoscientific attempts to change sexual orientation or gender identity
Conversion therapy is the pseudoscientific practice of attempting to change an individual's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, gender identity,
Conversion_therapy
English religious author (b. c. 1602)
religious writer, known as the author of one of the earliest English conversion narratives, "A Lecture of Repentance" (1637/8). "A Lecture of Repentance" follows
Rose_Thurgood
Event recounted in the New Testament
The narrative of the Book of Acts suggests Paul's conversion occurred 4–7 years after the crucifixion of Jesus. The accounts of Paul's conversion experience
Conversion of Paul the Apostle
Conversion_of_Paul_the_Apostle
Adoption of a different religion or irreligion under duress
how "'forced' conversion narratives" arose around the Sikh diaspora in the United Kingdom. Sian, who reports that claims of conversion through courtship
Forced_conversion
Conversion of a previously non-Christian person to Christianity
or do not convert. Testimonies and narratives provide the vocabulary of conversion. In the more famous conversion stories, such as Augustine's and Martin
Conversion_to_Christianity
Archetype in European literature
Sicher, Efraim (2017). The Jew's daughter: a cultural history of a conversion narrative. Lanham: Lexington books. Valman, Nadia (Spring 2007). "La Belle
La_belle_juive
1997 film by Kevin Smith
a "fairly repulsive genre of films" that feature a "heterosexual conversion narrative" that is "set in motion by the desire of a heterosexual person for
Chasing_Amy
4th-century Christian saint
notes that Michael the Archimandrite's Life does not contain a "conversion narrative", which was unusual for saints' lives of the period when it was written
Saint_Nicholas
English missionary (1928–2010)
Vivienne Stacey (1928–2010) was an English Christian missionary of the Bible and Medical Missionary Fellowship in India, and pioneered Christian missionary
Vivienne_Stacey
Non-fiction prose popular in Protestantism
Gordian Press (1979), 13. Starr, 11. Caldwell, Patricia. The Puritan Conversion Narrative. Cambridge. 1983. Damrosch, Leopold Jr. God's Plot and Man's Stories
Spiritual_autobiography
Epic of the Kyrgyz people and Turkic mythology
poem offers a conversion narrative similar to that found in Tarikh-i Dost Sultan, in which Ötemish Hajji is operative in the conversion of the Sufi saint
Er_Töshtük
British black comedy-drama thriller television series (2018–2022)
April 2022). "'Killing Eve' deserved better than a botched Christian conversion narrative and a cheap, shock-value ending". America. Archived from the original
Killing_Eve
Island country in South Asia
Honchell (2019). "Sufis, Sea Monsters, and Miraculous Circumcisions: Conversion Narratives and Popular Memories of Islamization in Asia". worldhistoryconnected
Maldives
Folklore surrounding Mormon tradition
like Brigham Young. Common customs for Mormons include reciting conversion narratives, which is especially common during fast and testimony meeting. Married
Mormon_folklore
Formal disaffiliation from the Islamic religion
Khalil, Mohammad H.; Bilici, Mucahit (2007). "Conversion Out of Islam: A Study of Conversion Narratives of Former Muslims" (PDF). The Muslim World. 97
Apostasy_in_Islam
Cognitive shift after seeing Earth from space
break-off phenomenon ended in 1973 (displaced by White's "positive conversion narrative"), that astronauts in a "lie to fly" culture feel career pressure
Overview_effect
Protestant Christian movement
Press, ISBN 0-521-60429-X. Hindmarsh, Bruce (2005), The Evangelical Conversion Narrative: Spiritual Autobiography in Early Modern England, Oxford: Oxford
Evangelicalism
1998 American film
a "fairly repulsive genre of films" that feature a "heterosexual conversion narrative" that is "set in motion by the desire of a heterosexual person for
The_Opposite_of_Sex
American civil rights activist, journalist, and educator (1924–2006)
older she experienced what has been framed as a "racial conversion narrative", "a conversion of almost religious intensity" "turning myself inside out
Anne_Braden
Ancient rock-cut historical city in Jordan
name meaning "the changing ones" and oral traditions recounting a conversion narrative, the Bedul Bedouins are believed to have adopted Islam later in their
Petra
2007 novel by Roland Merullo
Breakfast with Buddha is a 2007 spiritual conversion narrative novel by American author Roland Merullo. According to this story, Otto Ringling, an editor
Breakfast_with_Buddha
French philosopher (1926–1984)
2010). "Stations of the Self: Aesthetics and Ascetics in Foucault's Conversion Narrative". Foucault Studies (8): 78–99. ISSN 1832-5203. Retrieved 23 April
Michel_Foucault
American memoirist (1746–1815)
Formerly of Landaff, (N.H.) Written by Herself, were written as a conversion narrative for her Congregationalist church. The document details her husband's
Abigail_Abbot_Bailey
Book written by Catherine Parr
judge others. The Lamentation of a Sinner is the first published conversion narrative, a genre which was heavily used by the Nonconformists in the following
The_Lamentation_of_a_Sinner
English Independent minister and Hebrew scholar
occasioned by the Death of Miss B. Shilito (1813) included Miss Shilito's conversion narrative. In 1824 Booth completed his New Family Bible and Improved Version
Benjamin_Boothroyd
Mistress of Casimir III the Great
na jej miejsce wziął The Jew's Daughter: A Cultural History of a Conversion Narrative (Efraim Sicher) Pamiętnik literacki: czasopismo kwartalne poświęcone
Esterka
Religious conversion of Vladimir the Great to Byzantine Christianity
The Conversion of Vladimir is a narrative recorded in several different versions in medieval sources about how Vladimir the Great converted from Slavic
Conversion of Vladimir the Great
Conversion_of_Vladimir_the_Great
Sufis, Sea Monsters, and Miraculous Circumcisions: Comparative Conversion Narratives and Popular Memories of Islamization, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Religion_in_the_Maldives
Country in South Asia (1153–1953, 1954–1968)
Sufis, Sea Monsters, and Miraculous Circumcisions: Comparative Conversion Narratives and Popular Memories of Islamization, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Sultanate of the Maldive Islands
Sultanate_of_the_Maldive_Islands
English Baptist and devotional writer
Choice Experiences (1653) was "the first singly published, Baptist conversion narrative". Jane Turner married Captain John Turner, a soldier stationed in
Jane_Turner_(Baptist_writer)
Writer of novels
169-171. Fred Hobson. But Now I See: The White Southern Racial Conversion Narrative, Louisiana State University Press, 1999. Criollismo www.memoriachilena
Novelist
Iraqi honor killing victim
night, which caused her family to shame her. The narrative attributing Du'a's death to her conversion to Islam originated primarily on jihadist online
Murder_of_Du'a_Khalil_Aswad
Roman emperor from 306 to 337
postulated a pseudo-Eusebius to assume responsibility for the vision and conversion narratives of that work. Otto Seeck's Geschichte des Untergangs der antiken
Constantine_the_Great
Retrieved 28 June 2014. Miller, Duane Alexander (October 2009). "The Conversion Narrative of Samira: From Shi'a Islam to Mary, her Church, and her Son" (PDF)
Christianity_in_Iran
British writer (1783–1860)
women's roles within family and society. Her most notable works were conversion narratives including Emma de Lissau; or, The Sister's Choice (1828) and Sophia
Amelia_Bristow
German Nazi, head of the SS Main Economic and Administrative Office (1892–1951)
"A Perpetrator's Confession: Gender and Religion in Oswald Pohl's Conversion Narrative". Journal of Men, Masculinities and Spirituality. 2 (2): 62–81. Archived
Oswald_Pohl
American author and journalist
he claims he experienced a miracle. The book has been called a "conversion narrative" by some, and met with skeptical criticism by others, however, it
Randall_Sullivan
Intercultural and interracial sexuality
Sicher, Efraim (2017). The Jew's daughter: a cultural history of a conversion narrative. Lanham: Lexington books. Hannah Rose (December 6, 2022). "Deconstructing
Race_and_sexuality
Maldivian legend
Honchell (2019). "Sufis, Sea Monsters, and Miraculous Circumcisions: Conversion Narratives and Popular Memories of Islamization in Asia". worldhistoryconnected
Rannamaari
British cricketer and missionary (1860 – 1931)
to the faith while they were students at Eton. According to his conversion narrative, the preacher asked him if he believed God's promises to give believers
Charles_Studd
1944 American romance-war-adventure film by Howard Hawks
A common theme of war films such as To Have and Have Not is the conversion narrative. An individual who originally does not want to be involved in the
To_Have_and_Have_Not_(film)
American author
black politician." Hailed as "one of the most intriguing of ... conversion narratives – and by one of the youngest of Southern converts who have written
Melany_Neilson
Armenian in Safavid Iran who converted from Christianity to Shia Islam
Safavid clergy and later married into their families. He wrote a conversion narrative in Persian, the I'tirāf-nāma ("Confession Book"), which was conceived
Abgar_Ali_Akbar_Armani
Sufis, Sea Monsters, and Miraculous Circumcisions: Comparative Conversion Narratives and Popular Memories of Islamization, Fairleigh Dickinson University
Islam_in_the_Maldives
1885 philosophical novel by Walter Pater
to comfort him. Some readers take the novel at face value, as a conversion narrative; others may feel that Pater makes it hard for them to believe that
Marius_the_Epicurean
Adoption of new moral standards
Laughlin, Alfredo J. (2008), "Conversion: The Etymological Context", Narratives of Hope: A Philosophical Study of Moral Conversion, Loyola University, p. 476
Moral_conversion
Islamophobic conspiracy theory
Islamophobia displayed by the modern narrative. Sian expanded on these views in her 2013 book, Mistaken Identities, Forced Conversions, and Postcolonial Formations
Love_jihad_conspiracy_theory
Chinese man's home, narrowly escaped and experienced a Christian conversion narrative. Other groups like the Woman's Christian Temperance Union and Hull
History of sexual slavery in the United States
History_of_sexual_slavery_in_the_United_States
James (2016). "Nadir Shah's Peculiar Central Asian Legacy: Empire, Conversion Narratives, and the Rise of New Scholarly Dynasties". International Journal
List_of_empires
ISBN 978-1-84511-645-3. Walker, Joel Thomas (2006). The Legend of Mar Qardagh: Narrative and Christian Heroism in Late Antique Iraq. University of California Press
Yazdin
the hagiographical motifs, which give credence to the saga as a conversion narrative of Norway and the kings of Norway. The Heimskringla is a collection
Tormod_Kark
American writer (1865-1937)
"over individual utterance" and that dialogue plays out within a conversion narrative. According to anti-suffragists, women like the narrator at the beginning
Marion_Hamilton_Carter
Painting by Caravaggio
The Conversion on the Way to Damascus (Conversione di San Paolo) is a work by Caravaggio, painted in 1601 for the Cerasi Chapel of the church of Santa
Conversion on the Way to Damascus
Conversion_on_the_Way_to_Damascus
103–22; ch. 7–10. Fricke, T. 2008. ‘Tamang conversions: culture, politics, and the Christian conversion narrative in Nepal.’ Contributions to Nepalese Studies
Christianity_in_Nepal
American Christian prayer group leader and writer
Prince's conversion narrative was published by the University of Tennessee Press as part of The Silent and Soft Communion: The Spiritual Narratives of Sarah
Sarah_Prince_Gill
Overused, unoriginal phrase or opinion
be employed creatively, either by generating expectations within the narrative or by producing pleasure through the simple thrill of recognition. The
Cliché
Bridewell Hospital. Hill also comments on the generic nature of the conversion narrative of the pamphlet in which Everard's Catholicism was announced, and
Robert_Everard
American Presbyterian church controversy
six), and of requiring a conversion narrative and being able to judge the gracious state of an individual by that narrative (point seven). The New Side
Old_Side–New_Side_controversy
Chinese evangelist
Ireland. "John Sung's Malleable Conversion Narrative". Boston University. Retrieved 2018-01-09.p. 50-51 "The Real Conversion Of Dr. John Sung". Rlhymersjr
John_Sung
Danish Mormon pioneer (1830–1924)
trade (blacksmith) were not related. Smith, Lauritz. Autobiographical Narrative. http://www.the-family-history-place.com/PAF_Web/pafn05.htm Archived 2011-07-16
Lauritz_Smith
Fred Hobson (1999). But Now I See: The White Southern Racial Conversion Narrative. Louisiana State University Press. ISBN 978-0-8071-4078-9. Ronald
Southern United States literature
Southern_United_States_literature
Islamic Medicine. 5: 11–20. Baer, Marc (August 2004). "Islamic Conversion Narratives of Women: Social Change and Gendered Religious Hierarchy in Early
Women_in_the_Ottoman_Empire
Khan of Bukhara from 1711 to 1747
James (2016), "Nadir Shah's Peculiar Central Asian Legacy: Empire, Conversion Narratives, and the Rise of New Scholarly Dynasties", International Journal
Abu_al-Fayz_Khan
1789 autobiography of Olaudah Equiano
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, Or Gustavus Vassa, The African, first published in 1789 in London, is the autobiography of Olaudah
The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano
The_Interesting_Narrative_of_the_Life_of_Olaudah_Equiano
the 16th century, the Safavid dynasty initiated a campaign of forced conversion against the Iranian populace, seeking to replace Sunni Islam, whose Shafi'i
Safavid conversion of Iran to Shia Islam
Safavid_conversion_of_Iran_to_Shia_Islam
1861 short story by Rebecca Harding Davis
Mills. William H. Shurr, on the other hand, reads the story as a conversion narrative. While his approach highlights more of the ambiguities in Davis's
Life_in_the_Iron_Mills
Missionary of the LDS church
1800s and early 1900s, it began to take on a prominent role in the conversion narrative. The story of the First Vision was first published in a missionary
Mormon_missionary
Growth of various religions in the world
Mohammad Hassan; Bilici, Mucahit (January 2007). "Conversion Out of Islam: A Study of Conversion Narratives of Former Muslims" (PDF). The Muslim World. 97:
Growth_of_religion
Syriac Christian martyrdom text
names of those who authored all three texts, however, he doubts their conversion to Christianity. He continues to state that Addai's first Christian converts
Martyrdom_of_Habib_the_Deacon
Avian messenger of Solomon in Islam
manifestation of Solomon, and adopted set of beliefs identified with religious conversion of Islam. In Islamic literature, the main features of hoopoe were to collect
Solomon's_hoopoe
Lebanese minister and former terrorist
""Ex-Muslims," Bible Prophecy, and Islamophobia: Rhetoric and Reality in the Narratives of Walid Shoebat, Kamal Saleem, Ergun and Emir Caner". Islamophobia Studies
Kamal_Saleem
Beginnings of Puritanism in Colonial America
churches required prospective members to provide a conversion narrative describing their personal conversion experience. All settlers were required to attend
History of the Puritans in North America
History_of_the_Puritans_in_North_America
the conversion narrative of the Volga Bulgar Muslims: There are numerous digressions dealing with the founding of the Bulghar conversion narrative, and
Theories about Alexander the Great in the Quran
Theories_about_Alexander_the_Great_in_the_Quran
Iran under Afsharid dynasty from 1736 to 1796
James (2016). "Nadir Shah's Peculiar Central Asian Legacy: Empire, Conversion Narratives, and the Rise of New Scholarly Dynasties". International Journal
Afsharid_Iran
transformation. This led Puritans to demand evidence of a conversion experience (in the form of a conversion narrative) before a convert was admitted to full church
Evangelicalism in the United States
Evangelicalism_in_the_United_States
Sahabi of Islamic Prophet Muhammad
his journeys. Tamim's story has become the bedrock of various Medieval narratives and legends, earning Tamim the title of "the intrepid traveler." Originally
Tamim_al-Dari
American businessman and author (1834–1916)
2015. Hobson, Fred (1999). But Now I See: The White Southern Racial Conversion Narrative. Louisiana State University Press. p. 13. ISBN 0807123846. Retrieved
Lewis_Harvie_Blair
Religious organization in Russia
мусульман Sibgatullina, Gulnaz (2020). "Discursive Strategies in Conversion Narratives of Russian Muslims". Languages of Islam and Christianity in Post-Soviet
National Organization of Russian Muslims
National_Organization_of_Russian_Muslims
Israeli literary scholar
After the Holocaust The Jew's Daughter: A Cultural History of a Conversion Narrative Babel' in Context: A Study in Cultural Identity "Bio". Archived from
Efraim_Sicher
Indonesian writer and feminist academic
S2CID 145483076. Paramaditha, Intan (2010-09-01). "Passing and Conversion Narratives: Ayat-Ayat Cinta and Muslim Performativity in Contemporary Indonesia"
Intan_Paramaditha
died. He invented a form of poetry called "Khand-Kavya", one type of Narrative poetry, in Gujarati. He also wrote the plays Salimshah Athva Ashrumati
Kavi_Kant
Family of free African-American origin from the Colony of Virginia
The Gibson family is a family of free African-American origin from the Colony of Virginia. Members gained freedom and land within the colony in the 17th
Gibson_family_(Virginia)
Book of the Book of Mormon
The Book of Mosiah (/moʊˈsaɪ.ə, -ˈzaɪ.ə/) is one of the books which make up the Book of Mormon, a religious text of the Latter Day Saints, first published
Book_of_Mosiah
redistributed by the market. Different techniques have been proposed for the conversion. There are also Marx-scholars, such as Guglielmo Carchedi, who try to
Criticism of value-form theory
Criticism_of_value-form_theory
2012 book by Farish A. Noor
detachment from worldly politics. Chapter Four shifts the focus to conversion narratives, presenting fieldwork stories that illustrate the personal internalization
Islam_on_the_Move
Video game series
artificial intelligence on-board the ship; these messages advance the games' narrative and provide the player with mission objectives. Other terminals contain
Marathon_(series)
Fallacious approach to mislead an audience
man Mathematical fallacy In quantificational logic Existential Illicit conversion Proof by example Quantifier shift Syllogistic fallacy Affirmative conclusion
Red_herring
English Independent minister
disputed by John Aikin the son, has been likened to a Methodist conversion narrative. His advertised Animadversions on his brother's theological views
Timothy_Priestley
English Capuchin friar and mystical writer (1562–1610)
Catholicism he encountered in France. Emery also interprets Canfield's conversion narrative as structurally related to the spiritual pattern later set out in
Benet_Canfield
American historian (born 1951)
OCLC 757514138. Fredriksen, Paula (1986). "Paul and Augustine. Conversion Narratives, Orthodox Traditions, and the Retrospective Self" (PDF). Journal
Paula_Fredriksen
George Brown, D.D., Pioneer-missionary and Explorer: An Autobiography: A Narrative of Forty-eight Years' Residence and Travel in Samoa, New Britain, New
George_Brown_(missionary)
Historical form of church membership in American Christianity
church, prospective members were required to provide their personal conversion narratives to be judged by the congregation. If accepted, they could affirm
Half-Way_Covenant
Saga by Gunnlaugr Leifsson
Christopher (January 2015). "Modeling Religious Experience in Old Norse Conversion Narratives: The Case of Óláfr Tryggvason and Hallfreðr vandræðaskáld". Speculum
Óláfs saga Tryggvasonar en mesta
Óláfs_saga_Tryggvasonar_en_mesta
CONVERSION NARRATIVE
CONVERSION NARRATIVE
Biblical
captivity; conversion; old age
Biblical
conversion; captivity
Biblical
the God of conversion
Boy/Male
Muslim
Speech, Conversation
Girl/Female
Tamil
Together, Conversation with God, Honored
Girl/Female
Tamil
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Together, Conversation with God, Honored
Maanhitha | மாநà¯à®¹à¯€à®¤à®¾
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Confidential talk secret conversation
Boy/Male
Biblical
Respiration, conversion, taking captive.
Girl/Female
Hindu
Together, Conversation with God, Honored
Girl/Female
Biblical
Conversion, captivity.
Boy/Male
Biblical
His hand; his confession.
Boy/Male
Biblical
Father of praise; confession.
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
Evening conversation
Biblical
praise; confession
Girl/Female
Tamil
Together, Conversation with God, Honored
Boy/Male
Indian
Speech, Conversation
Girl/Female
Biblical
Captivity, conversion, old age.
Girl/Female
Muslim
Confidential talk, Secret conversation
Boy/Male
Biblical
The God of conversion.
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Confidential Talk; Secret Conversation
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Girl/Female
Hindu
Artistic or Goddess Parvati
Boy/Male
Hindu, Indian
Sunshine
Girl/Female
French
Flower.
Girl/Female
American, Australian, British, Chinese, Christian, Danish, English, French, German, Irish, Latin, Netherlands, Swedish, Swiss
Small; Humble; Female Version of Paul; Little
Girl/Female
Hindi
Invincible.
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim, Zoroastrian
Paradise Flower
Male
Dutch
, bright warrior.
Boy/Male
Dutch American
Shelter; Scholar.
Girl/Female
Tamil
Clever
Boy/Male
Gaelic
Of the strange Gauls.
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v. i.
An agreement or contract less formal than, or preliminary to, a treaty; an informal compact, as between commanders of armies in respect to suspension of hostilities, or between states; also, a formal agreement between governments or sovereign powers; as, a postal convention between two governments.
n.
An admission by a party to whom an act is imputed, in relation to such act. A judicial confession settles the issue to which it applies; an extrajudical confession may be explained or rebutted.
n.
Sexual intercourse; as, criminal conversation.
n.
Conversation; talk.
n.
The act of changing one's views or course, as in passing from one side, party, or from of religion to another; also, the state of being so changed.
n.
The act of interchanging the terms of a proposition, as by putting the subject in the place of the predicate, or the contrary.
n.
Concession; compliance.
n.
Formation of, or conversion into, cartilage.
n.
A spiritual and moral change attending a change of belief with conviction; a change of heart; a change from the service of the world to the service of God; a change of the ruling disposition of the soul, involving a transformation of the outward life.
n.
A change or reduction of the form or value of a proposition; as, the conversion of equations; the conversion of proportions.
n.
Shrift; confession.
n.
The act of immediate inference, by which we deny the opposite of anything which has been affirmed; as, all men are mortal; then, by obversion, no men are immortal. This is also described as "immediate inference by privative conception."
n.
The act of turning or changing from one state or condition to another, or the state of being changed; transmutation; change.
n.
An appropriation of, and dealing with the property of another as if it were one's own, without right; as, the conversion of a horse.
n.
A change of front, as a body of troops attacked in the flank.
n.
A thing yielded; an acknowledgment or admission; a boon; a grant; esp. a grant by government of a privilege or right to do something; as, a concession to build a canal.
n.
A change of character or use, as of smoothbore guns into rifles.
a.
Pertaining to conversation; in the manner of one conversing; as, a conversational style.
n.
A formulary in which the articles of faith are comprised; a creed to be assented to or signed, as a preliminary to admission to membership of a church; a confession of faith.
n.
A second conversion.