An Analysis of Conversion Narratives of Jehovah’s Witnesses and Their Relationships to Stages of Religious Judgment

This article examines the processes of those converting to Jehovah’s Witnesses, and the effects of those conversions. Based on the analysis of 9 conversion narratives using biographical interviews, I argue that conversions to Jehovah’s Witnesses are located on a continuum dependent upon the backgrou...

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Main Author: Jindra, Ines W. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2006
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2006, Volume: 17, Pages: 1-38
Further subjects:B History of religion studies
B Social sciences
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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