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Alfred Döblin, German novelist, essayist and doctor, a former convert from Judaism to atheism; Avery Dulles – Jesuit priest, theologian, and cardinal in the Catholic Church; was raised Presbyterian, but was an agnostic before his conversion to Catholic Christianity [26] [27]
For lists of atheists who converted to Christianity, Islam, or Judaism see the following links: List of converts to Christianity from nontheism; List of converts to Islam from nontheism; List of converts to Judaism from non-religious backgrounds; All other former atheists and agnostics that have been listed so far are below.
According to 2015 Believers in Christ from a Muslim Background": A Global Census study published by Baylor University institute for studies of religion, it estimates that 10.2 million Muslims converted to Christianity. [12] Due primarily to conversion, Christianity has grown in South Korea from 2.0% in 1945 [13] to 29.3% in 2010. [14]
Bill Hayden: Australian politician and Governor-General of Australia, converted from atheism at age 85 after retirement from public office. [174] Carlton J. H. Hayes: American ambassador to Spain; helped found the American Catholic Historical Association; co-chair of the National Conference of Christians and Jews [175] [176]
Setsuzo Kotsuji – Born Shinto; converted to Presbyterian Christianity and then Judaism. [15] Debi Mazar – Originally Catholic; Actress who reportedly converted to Buddhism, Judaism, and briefly the Jehovah's Witnesses. [16] Ibrahim Njoya – Bamum people religion; back and forth conversions from Islam to Christianity. [17] Also created his ...
Petrus Alphonsi was born at an unknown date and place in the 11th century in Spain, and educated in al-Andalus, or Islamic Spain.As he described himself, he was baptised at Huesca, capital of the Kingdom of Aragon, on St. Peter's Day, 29 June 1106, when he was probably approaching middle age; this is the first clear date we have in his biography.
A converso (Spanish: [komˈbeɾso]; Portuguese: [kõˈvɛɾsu]; feminine form conversa), "convert" (from Latin conversus 'converted, turned around'), was a Jew who converted to Catholicism in Spain or Portugal, particularly during the 14th and 15th centuries, or one of their descendants.
[67] He argues that "Even Mark Oppenheimer described the ex-atheist 'flaunt[ing] his allegiance to deism' in May 2006 to a Christian audience at Biola University." Perhaps most definitively, Christian apologist Anthony Horvath corresponded with Antony Flew before it was publicly known there would even be a book. In 2010, he published his letters.