Lived religion, conversion and recovery : negotiating of self, the social, and the sacred /
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| Language: | English |
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Palgrave Macmillan,
2020.
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| Series: | Palgrave studies in lived religion and societal challenges.
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Table of Contents:
- Intro
- Contents
- Notes on Contributors
- 1: Negotiating of Self, the Social, and the Sacred in Recovery: A Lived Religion Perspective
- The Structure of the Volume
- References
- 2: Lived Religion, Worship and Conversion: Ethnographic Reflections in an Abstinence-based Christian Therapeutic Community
- Introduction
- Lived Religion and Conversion in Geographic Perspective
- Researching Hebron: An Abstinence-based Christian Therapeutic Community
- Lived Religion, Embodiment and the Spiritual Landscapes of Worship
- Belief, Worship and the Therapeutic
- Conclusion
- References
- 3: "It Was Easier in Prison!" Russian Baptist Rehab as a Therapeutic Community, Monastery, Prison, and Ministry
- Introduction
- The Ministry of Good Samaritan
- Christian Rehabilitation
- Therapeutic Community
- Monastery
- Prison
- Ministry
- Concluding Remarks
- References
- 4: Substance Abuse, Recovery and Closeness to God: Insights from the Retrospective Interview Technique
- Introduction
- Religiousness, and Spirituality, and Lived Religion
- Conversion
- Recovery
- Conversion and Recovery
- Analytical Approach
- Findings
- Did not Care about God and Never Felt Close to Him
- "Maybe God is Real but I can Help Myself"
- "I Surrender Everything: I Don't Want My Life Any More, You (God) can Have It"
- "God is Better than Whatever I Had"
- "I Believe in God, and I never Doubt His Existence. But I Wasn't in Anyway Committed to Him for Sure, and I Was Never Completely Sober"
- Discussion
- Implications of Religion/Spirituality in Substance Dependence Recovery
- Neuroscience Evidence for Conversion/Transcendence in Substance Dependence Recovery
- Clinical Applications for Religion/Spirituality in Substance Dependence Recovery
- Implication for the Clinician's Professional Adaptation to Religious/Spiritual Practice
- Conclusion
- References
- 5: The Domestic Violence Shelter and Alternation: The Importance of Socialization on the Victim-Survivor's Religion
- Introduction
- Participants
- Shannon
- Ashley
- Lexie
- Roxanne
- Results
- Primary Socialization Leads to Enduring Concepts about Self and Others
- Primary Socialization Leads to Enduring God-Image
- Religion is Lived in a Variety of Ways and for a Variety of Purposes
- Shelter Could be Considered a Type of a Total Institution
- The Shelter is Not a Source of Significant, Ongoing Relationships
- Personal Religious Habits and Orientations are Not Significantly Changed at/after Shelter
- Conclusions
- References
- 6: Tacit Conversion: A Linguistic Analysis of a Vipassana Meditator's Narrative of Self-Transformation
- Introduction
- Goenka's Vipassana Movement
- Conversion Narrative
- Introducing Elijah and His Narrative Plot
- The Performance of the Narrative
- Self-Acceptance
- The Adoption of the Movement's Rhetoric
- Concluding Notes