TY  - BOOK
AU  - Morten Sandland
PY  - 2014
CY  - Berlin, Germany
PB  - Peter Lang Verlag
SN  - 9783653041798
TI  - Joining New Congregations – Motives, Ways and Consequences
T2  - A Comparative Study of New Congregations in a Norwegian Folk Church Context and a Thai Minority Context
DO  - 10.3726/978-3-653-04179-8
UR  - https://www.peterlang.com/document/1048358
N2  - Why do people join new congregations? How does this happen? And which consequences does this have for people’s belief and behavior? These are the main questions addressed in this comparative case study from the distinctively different contexts of Norway and Thailand. While joining a new congregation in Thailand in most cases is understood in terms of conversion, what happens in the Norwegian context is mainly referred to as a process of revitalized commitment. However, common in both contexts was that joining a new congregation implied an aspect of religious change. In order to understand this change, the author applies perspectives from contemporal conversion studies, such as Lewis R. Rambo’s typology of conversion, and from anthropological studies of change.
KW  - Thai Buddhism, Animismus, Contextual Ecclesiology, Conversion, Kirchengemeinden, Congregational studies
LA  - English
ER  -