Reconceptualising Conversion : Patronage, Loyalty, and Conversion in the Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean.

Intro -- Acknowledgements -- Abbreviations and Editions -- Introduction -- Chapter One: The Influence of Psychology on Contemporary Society and Scholarship -- 1.0 Introduction -- 1.1 The Early Influence of Psychology -- 1.2 Psychology and the Study of Conversion -- 1.3 A Critique of the Cross-Cultural Psychological Model -- 1.4 Conclusion -- Chapter Two: General Reciprocity Among Humans and their Gods -- 2.0 Introduction -- 2.1 A Taxonomy of Reciprocal Exchange -- 2.2 Defining our Terms: Patronage vs. Benefaction -- 2.3 Human Patronage and Benefaction -- 2.4 Divine Patronage and Benefaction -- 2.5 Divine Patronage and Benefaction in Hellenistic Judaism -- 2.6 Conclusion -- Chapter Three: The Rhetoric of Patronage and Benefaction -- 3.0 Introduction -- 3.1 The Call of the Patron/Benefactor -- 3.2 Persuasion and Philosophical Conversion -- 3.3 Prayer, Praise, and Proselytism -- 3.4 Patronal Synkrisis -- 3.5 The Χάρις of the Patron/Benefactor -- 3.6 Conclusion -- Chapter Four: The Rhetoric of Patronage and Benefaction in Paul's Conversion Passages -- 4.0 Introduction -- 4.1 First Corinthians 9:1, 16-17 -- 15:8-10 -- 4.2 Galatians 1:11-17 -- 4.3 Philippians 3:4b-11 -- 4.4 Paul and the Patronage of Philosophy -- 4.5 Conclusion -- Chapter Five: Patronage and Benefaction, Loyalty, and Conversion -- 5.0 Introduction -- 5.1 The Nature of Loyalty -- 5.2 Loyalty and Patronage and Benefaction -- 5.3 Loyalty, Conversion, and Paul -- 5.4 Conclusion -- Conclusion -- Bibliography -- Index of Primary Sources -- Index of Names and Subjects -- Index of Modern Authors.

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