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The Transformative Power of Faith
A Narrative Approach to Conversion
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2012
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The Transformative Power of Faith examines how and why some people, particularly those coming out of highly self-destructive, violent, and antisocial backgrounds who appear beyond repair, experience profound personal transformation through conversion to strong faith. Illustrated by stories of converts who came out of serious drug addiction, gangs, and poverty through adherence to a demanding faith, Erin Dufault-Hunter argues for a narrative approach to conversion. This holistic theoretical perspective offers an alternative epistemological stance to reductionistic models sometimes perpetuated among social scientists and religious ethicists alike. In this study, the narrative lens gives vision of the religious “Other” a depth and complexity too often lacking. Such an approach allows a deeper understanding of the dynamics of personal transformation in ways that make sense of psychological and social factors without ignoring so-called “spiritual” ones.
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Copyright year
2012
ISBN-Print
978-0-7391-6783-0
ISBN-Online
978-0-7391-7553-8
Publisher
Lexington, Lanham
Language
English
Pages
203
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Preface No access
Acknowledgments No access
1 The Need for an Alternative Theory of Conversion No access Pages 1 - 30
2 A Constructive Overview of Theories regarding Religious Conversion No access Pages 31 - 66
3 Story and the Making of the Self No access Pages 67 - 100
4 Reading Conversion through a Narrative Lens No access Pages 101 - 140
5 Hermeneutics and the Ethical Implications of a Narrative Approach to Conversion No access Pages 141 - 172
Appendix A The Original Research Project, Its Methodology, and Goals No access Pages 173 - 176
Appendix B Interview Form for Conversion Narratives Research Project No access Pages 177 - 180
