Religious Conversion and Disaffiliation

Tracing Patterns of Change in Faith Practices

• Author(s): Henri Gooren,
• Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
• Pages: 181
• ISBN_10: 0230104533
  ISBN_13: 9780230104532
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Philosophy / Political , Philosophy / Social , Psychology / General , Religion / General , Religion / Comparative Religion , Religion / Psychology of Religion , Religion / Religion, Politics & State , Social Science / Sociology / General , Social Science / Sociology of Religion ,

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The conversion career, defined as all episodes of participation in religious organizations during a person’s life, is a new and systematic approach to conversion and disaffiliation as a dynamic process. It is a tool to analyze the interplay of factors between the individual actor, the religious organization, and the wider social and cultural context.

This book is the first in over a decade to attempt a systematic synthesis of the field of conversion studies, encompassing the disciplines of anthropology, sociology, psychology, history, and theology. Gooren analyzes conversion and disaffiliation in a worldwide comparative framework, using data from North America, Europe, and Latin America.