Religious Conversion as a Breakthrough for Transculturation: A Japanese Sect in Hawaii
Based on the sociological tradition since Weber, religious commitment is seen to enhance both autonomy from secular constraint and also better adjustment to the secular environment. This interpretation is applied to a group of Japanese Americans in Hawaii who were converted to a deviant sect introdu...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Wiley-Blackwell
[1970]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 1970, Volume: 9, Issue: 3, Pages: 181-196 |
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Theater
B Acculturation B Symbolism B Japanese culture B Vicious circles B Faith B Sectarianism B Religious Conversion B Religious dances |
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