“This book encapsulates what many regard as Andrew Walls’ central contribution to the diachronic Christian understanding of who we are and how we became that way: Christian conversion. Each of the eight chapters serves as one sparkling facet of a diamond unearthed through skillful excavation of the deepest and richest veins of the Christian story. If I were back in the classroom, this book would be required reading.”—Jonathan Bonk, Research Professor of Mission, Boston University

“Andrew F. Walls ‘converted’ all of us by focusing his writings and lectures on conversion away from a phenomenon that historically had been associated with Western religious hegemony and imperialism, coercion, and demonization of cultures, to mean a process in which we literally submit to Christ all we are and all we have. These refreshing essays by Walls, ably edited by Mark Gornik, move the discourses on conversion to a new level that accommodates developments in Christianity as a non-Western religion.”—Most Rev. Prof. J. Kwabena Asamoah-Gyadu Presiding Bishop, Methodist Church Ghana