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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ISBN-10
3631650639
ISBN-13
9783631650639
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New
Publisher
Peter Lang AG
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Peter Lang AG
Country of Manufacture
DE
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Apr 29th, 2014
Print length
316 Pages
Weight
534 grams
Dimensions
16.00 x 21.70 x 2.60 cms
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Christian mission & evangelismChristian communities & monasticismBuddhism
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This book is an empirical study of why and how people in Norway and Thailand join new congregations and of the consequences this has for belief and behavior. While conversion is a key to understand what happens in Thailand, what happens in Norway is in most cases understood in terms of revitalized commitment.
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.
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