The way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious message, the discomfort of spiritual uncertainty, the loss of personal and social identity, the anxiety of destabilization, the reconstitution of the self and the discovery of a new language of the soul.
| Introduction | |
| The Distabilization of the Self | |
| The Crisis of the Self | |
| The Re-Stabilization of the Self | |
| Conclusion | |
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ISBN: 9780415306119
ISBN-10: 0415306116
Series: Routledge Studies in Religion
Audience:
Professional
Format:
Hardcover
Language:
English
Number Of Pages: 224
Published: 4th November 2003
Dimensions (cm): 23.4 x 15.6
x 1.8
Weight (kg): 0.56