Attachment Theory and Religious Conversions: A Review and a Resolution of the Classic and Contemporary Paradigm Chasm

Two conversion "paradigms" have been described in the behavioral sciences of religion (Richardson 1985). The "classic" paradigm portrays conversions as occurring during distress, as being sudden and intense, and as highly self-transforming. According to James (1902), these are th...

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Main Author: Granqvist, Pehr (Author)
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Published: Sage Publications 2003
In: Review of religious research
Year: 2003, Volume: 45, Issue: 2, Pages: 172-187
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