The Transformative Power of Faith: A Narrative Approach to Conversion - Hardcover

Dufault-Hunter, Erin

 
9780739167830: The Transformative Power of Faith: A Narrative Approach to Conversion
Hardcover
ISBN 10: 0739167839 ISBN 13: 9780739167830
Verlag: Lexington Books, 2012

Inhaltsangabe

The Transformative Power of Faith examines how and why some people, particularly those coming out of highly self-destructive, violent, and antisocial backgrounds who appear beyond repair, experience profound personal transformation through conversion to strong faith. Illustrated by stories of converts who came out of serious drug addiction, gangs, and poverty through adherence to a demanding faith, Erin Dufault-Hunter argues for a narrative approach to conversion. This holistic theoretical perspective offers an alternative epistemological stance to reductionistic models sometimes perpetuated among social scientists and religious ethicists alike. In this study, the narrative lens gives vision of the religious "Other" a depth and complexity too often lacking. Such an approach allows a deeper understanding of the dynamics of personal transformation in ways that make sense of psychological and social factors without ignoring so-called "spiritual" ones.

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Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor

Erin Dufault-Hunter is assistant professor of Christian Ethics at Fuller Theological Seminary.

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Verlag
Lexington Books
Erscheinungsdatum
2012
Sprache
Englisch
ISBN 10 
0739167839
ISBN 13 
9780739167830
Einband
Gebundene Ausgabe
Anzahl der Seiten
228
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