2012
Religious conversion as a commitment signal and strategy
CIGÁN, JakubZákladní údaje
Originální název
Religious conversion as a commitment signal and strategy
Autoři
CIGÁN, Jakub (703 Slovensko, garant, domácí)
Vydání
Explaining Religion: Method, Theory & Experiment, 2012
Další údaje
Jazyk
angličtina
Typ výsledku
Prezentace na konferencích
Obor
60304 Religious studies
Stát vydavatele
Řecko
Utajení
není předmětem státního či obchodního tajemství
Kód RIV
RIV/00216224:14210/12:00070109
Organizační jednotka
Filozofická fakulta
Klíčová slova anglicky
religious conversion; commitment signal; ethnography; Christianity
Příznaky
Mezinárodní význam, Recenzováno
Změněno: 14. 1. 2019 15:20, Mgr. Jakub Cigán, Ph.D.
Anotace
V originále
The paper focuses on the possible utilization of ethnographic research in the lab as well as the use of lab methods in the field. This possible dynamic will be illustrated via ongoing field research on religious conversion as a collective practice of "witnessing" among Baptists in the Czech Republic. Conversion is not a one time, historical process only, but has continuing implications for group life. The gradual learning and adopting of an appropriate conversion story and its subsequent display in a front of other members in a ritual context is of strategic importance. The formation of an individual conversion autobiography via the utilization of particular shared models and schemas is a requirement for successful integration and functioning in the group. A neophyte acquires this by attending lectures about God word, prayer or witnessing meetings and by listening to testimonies of others. The display of a conversion story in a ritual context before baptism, demonstrates a successful adoption of the group ideology and norms, as well as commitment to the group. What are the individual and collective consequences of "witnessing practices"? What can we learn from existing experimental studies and what experimental studies might research this practice in more detail?
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