CIGÁN, Jakub. You have to be born again : converting through narrative. In Ends and beginnings. The 11th Annual Conference of the EASR. The Special Conference of the IAHR, Stockholm, 23-26 August 2012. 2012.
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Original name You have to be born again : converting through narrative
Authors CIGÁN, Jakub (703 Slovakia, guarantor, belonging to the institution).
Edition Ends and beginnings. The 11th Annual Conference of the EASR. The Special Conference of the IAHR, Stockholm, 23-26 August 2012, 2012.
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Original language English
Type of outcome Presentations at conferences
Field of Study 60304 Religious studies
Country of publisher Sweden
Confidentiality degree is not subject to a state or trade secret
RIV identification code RIV/00216224:14210/12:00061572
Organization unit Faculty of Arts
Keywords in English religious conversion; narrative; commitment signalling; emotions; autobiographical memory
Tags International impact, Reviewed
Changed by Changed by: Mgr. Jakub Cigán, Ph.D., učo 165684. Changed: 14/1/2019 15:24.
Abstract
Religious conversion is traditionally perceived as a new beginning for individual. It refers to change of one's beliefs and behavior and we usually learn about this process from convert's testimonies. These accounts might be, though, the part of conversion process as such. Neophytes gradually learn how to express own experience and past appropriately by listening to others' stories and reading Bible at specific courses or particular camps designed to adopt such a story by outsiders and then perceive themselves through these stories. Newcomers then tell their story in a front of other members demonstrating and legitimizing their membership in a group. This "witnessing" is perceived as an evidence of a "born again" experience, after which neophyte is accepted by the group. Witnessing, as a collective practice, is not designated just for this occasion, but it is a part of regular group practices such as a prayer meetings. What cognitive and social processes are in a game? What is the role of these conversion narratives in terms of group dynamics? Paper will probe these questions through an ongoing fieldwork in Christian Protestant group in Czech Republic.
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