Conversion Motifs.
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| Title: | Conversion Motifs. |
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| Authors: | Lofland, John, Skonovd, Norman |
| Source: | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (Wiley-Blackwell). Dec81, Vol. 20 Issue 4, p373. 13p. 1 Chart. |
| Subjects: | Motif description (Movement notation), Conversion (Religion), Religious behaviors, Social structure, Social psychology, Labanotation |
| Abstract: | The recent renaissance of research on religious conversion, and the varying stresses emerging in that work, prompt an effort to isolate "conversion motifs." Based on five major and underlying variations, six motifs are identified: intellectual, mystical, experimental, affectional, revivalist and coercive Social psychological and social organizational implications of these patterns are discussed. The study of religious conversion has undergone a research renaissance in recent years. In the wake of the world-wide wave of "new religions" and the resurgence of traditional religions, social scientific and journalistic inquiry into this phenomenon has blossomed. As is to be expected, investigators have stressed different aspects of the conversion process. Focusing on how organized group activities can induce conversion, some employ such concepts as "affective bonds," "programming," or even "mind control." Others highlight the individual convert's subjective life and what is seen as the "self-guiding" and "self-induced" side of conversion. Yet others attempt to encompass all these aspects and point to various additional facets. Indeed, the literature on the topic is becoming so rich and diverse in these and other ways that we believe a pause and provisional stock-taking is now in order.[1]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| Database: | Psychology and Behavioral Sciences Collection |
| Abstract: | The recent renaissance of research on religious conversion, and the varying stresses emerging in that work, prompt an effort to isolate "conversion motifs." Based on five major and underlying variations, six motifs are identified: intellectual, mystical, experimental, affectional, revivalist and coercive Social psychological and social organizational implications of these patterns are discussed. <BR> The study of religious conversion has undergone a research renaissance in recent years. In the wake of the world-wide wave of "new religions" and the resurgence of traditional religions, social scientific and journalistic inquiry into this phenomenon has blossomed. As is to be expected, investigators have stressed different aspects of the conversion process. Focusing on how organized group activities can induce conversion, some employ such concepts as "affective bonds," "programming," or even "mind control." Others highlight the individual convert's subjective life and what is seen as the "self-guiding" and "self-induced" side of conversion. Yet others attempt to encompass all these aspects and point to various additional facets. Indeed, the literature on the topic is becoming so rich and diverse in these and other ways that we believe a pause and provisional stock-taking is now in order.[1]. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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| ISSN: | 00218294 |
| DOI: | 10.2307/1386185 |
