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You have to be born again : converting through narrative

CIGÁN, Jakub

Základní údaje

Originální název

You have to be born again : converting through narrative

Autoři

CIGÁN, Jakub (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)

Vydání

Ends and beginnings. The 11th Annual Conference of the EASR. The Special Conference of the IAHR, Stockholm, 23-26 August 2012, 2012

Další údaje

Jazyk

angličtina

Typ výsledku

Prezentace na konferencích

Obor

60304 Religious studies

Stát vydavatele

Švédsko

Utajení

není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství

Kód RIV

RIV/00216224:14210/12:00061572

Organizační jednotka

Filozofická fakulta

Klíčová slova anglicky

religious conversion; narrative; commitment signalling; emotions; autobiographical memory

Příznaky

Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 14. 1. 2019 15:24, Mgr. Jakub Cigán, Ph.D.

Anotace

V originále

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.

Návaznosti

EE2.3.20.0048, projekt VaV
Název: Laboratoř pro experimentální výzkum náboženství