Nicolet & Kartzow/Complexity of Conversion, 5. Leap, Ye, Lame for Joy

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How to Cite: Solevag, Anna. "Leap, Ye, Lame for Joy": The Dynamics of Disability in Conversion. The Complexity of Conversion - Intersectional Perspectives on Religious Change in Antiquity and Beyond. Equinox eBooks Publishing, United Kingdom. p. 99-122 Oct 2021. ISBN 9781781795736.

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The article shows how miraculous stories of healing have been used to encourage conversion and that healing has functioned as a metaphor for conversion in the history of Christianity. It analyzes two cases: the early Methodist movement and the Gospel of Mark. These two examples complicate the term “conversion” as a category for religious change. They also question for whom such narratives functioned as an impulse towards religious change: people with disabilities or the able-bodied?

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  • container title
    The Complexity of Conversion: Intersectional Perspectives on Religious Change in Antiquity and Beyond
  • creator
    Anna Rebecca Solevag
  • isbn
    9781781799987 (eBook)
  • publisher
    Equinox Publishing Ltd.
  • publisher place
    Sheffield, United Kingdom
  • series title
    Studies in Ancient Religion and Culture
  • doi
    https://doi.org/10.1558/isbn.9781781799987