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'''Metanoia''' is a [[Greek]] term used repeatedly in the [[New Testament]] to mean [[repentance]] or penance. It comes from the Greek words "Meta", meaning after, beyond, or with, and "Noia", meaning thought.
'''Metanoia''' is a [[Greek]] term used repeatedly in the [[New Testament]] to mean [[repentance]] or penance. It comes from the Greek words "''Meta''", meaning after, beyond, or with, and "''Noia''", meaning thought.
''Metanoia'' as a change of heart and mind is together with turning away (''epistrephein'') from the dominion of [[heathen]] [[idolatry]] or [[Jewish]] [[pharisee]]ism the part of [[conversion]], a hoped-for response to preaching [[Gospel]].<ref name="Christopaganism">{{cite book
|title=Christopaganism or Indigenous Christianity?
|author=J.C.Hoekendijk
|editors=Tetsunao Yamamori, Charles R. Taber
|publisher=William-Carey Library
|location=South Pasadena, California
|year=1975
|chapter=7:Missiological Observations
|pages=146
|isbn=0-87808-423-1
|url=http://books.google.com/books?ei=-zCYUNfxFMvmtQbx_IGwCQ&id=QjYQAQAAIAAJ&dq=Yamamori+Christopaganism&focus=searchwithinvolume&q=metanoia
}}</ref>
[[Category:Christian Terms]]
[[Category:Christian Terms]]
[[Category:Christian Theology]]