Contemporary Conversions: Compensatory Needs Or Self-Growth Motives?

Do people convert to mainstream religions to compensate for deficiency needs or to satisfy self-growth motives? This question is important in the context of secularized societies. In the present study, 180 converts to a variety of mainstream religions completed questionnaires measuring attachment wi...

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Authors: Buxant, Coralie (Author) ; Saroglou, Vassilis (Author) ; Scheuer, Jacques (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill 2009
In: Research in the social scientific study of religion
Year: 2009, Volume: 20, Pages: 47-67
Further subjects:B History of religion
B Social sciences
B Religionswissenschaften
B Religion & Gesellschaft
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