Joining new congregations – motives, ways and consequences Joining new congregations – motives, ways and consequences

Joining new congregations – motives, ways and consequences

A comparative study of new congregations in a norwegian folk church context and a thai minority context

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Descrição da editora

Why do people join new congregations? How does this happen? And which consequences does this have for people's belief and behavior? These are the main questions addressed in this comparative case study from the distinctively different contexts of Norway and Thailand. While joining a new congregation in Thailand in most cases is understood in terms of ‘conversion’, what happens in the Norwegian context is mainly referred to as a process of ‘revitalized commitment’. However, common in both contexts was that joining a new congregation implied an aspect of religious change. In order to understand this change, the author applies perspectives from contemporal conversion studies, such as Lewis R. Rambo's typology of conversion, and from anthropological studies of change.

GÉNERO
Religião e espiritualidades
LANÇADO
2014
29 de abril
IDIOMA
EN
Inglês
PÁGINAS
316
EDITORA
Peter Lang AG
TAMANHO
1,5
MB

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