Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery Negotiating of Self, the Social, and the Sacred

The central theme of this book is the nexus between the self, the social, and the sacred in conversion and recovery. The contributions explore the complex interactions that occur between the person, the sacred, and various recovery situations, which can include prisons, substance abuse recovery sett...

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Other Authors: Sremac, Srdjan (Editor), Jindra, Ines W. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham Palgrave Macmillan 2020, 2020
Edition:1st ed. 2020
Series:Palgrave Studies in Lived Religion and Societal Challenges
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Collection: Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
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Summary:The central theme of this book is the nexus between the self, the social, and the sacred in conversion and recovery. The contributions explore the complex interactions that occur between the person, the sacred, and various recovery situations, which can include prisons, substance abuse recovery settings and domestic violence shelters. With an interdisciplinary approach to the study of conversion, the collection provides an opportunity for a better understanding of lived religion, guilt, shame, hope, forgiveness, narrative identity reconstruction, religious coping, religious conversion and spiritual transformation. This volume will be of interest to scholars and students of lived religion, religious conversion, recovery, homelessness, and substance dependence
Physical Description:XI, 242 p. 1 illus online resource
ISBN:9783030406820