NDLI: Conversion Studies, Pastoral Counseling, and Cultural Studies: Engaging and Embracing a New Paradigm

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Author	Rambo, Lewis R.
Copyright Year	2009
Abstract	This paper is an invitation to explore ways in which the study of conversion, pastoral counseling, and cultural studies may be mutually enriching. The author will provide a survey of contemporary conversion studies with the goal of encouraging pastoral counselors and psychotherapists to include the study of conversion as an integral part of their agenda. It will also suggest means by which the field of pastoral counseling may be beneficial to conversion scholars during a time when the study of conversion is not only enjoying a rebirth of interest, but also an astonishing transformation of meanings, methods, and paradigms. Since conversion studies, once the province of evangelical Christians and rather specialized scholars in the psychology and sociology of religion, now involve anthropologists, historians, theologians, religious studies researchers, and new approaches to the phenomenon within psychology and sociology have emerged, this paper will explore some of these developments. It is time for pastoral theologians and pastoral counselors to re-engage both the phenomenon and study of conversion. It will also argue for an interdisciplinary approach inclusive of various perspectives, one that focuses on specific domains of research and theoretical critique and refinement.
Starting Page	433
Ending Page	445
Page Count	13
File Format	PDF
ISSN	00312789
Journal	Pastoral Psychology
Volume Number	59
Issue Number	4
e-ISSN	15736679
Language	English
Publisher	Springer US
Publisher Date	2009-03-17
Publisher Place	Boston
Access Restriction	One Nation One Subscription (ONOS)
Subject Keyword	Conversion Interdisciplinary Paradigms Phenomenology Process theories Pastoral counseling Cultural studies Sociology Cross Cultural Psychology Religious Studies Clinical Psychology
Content Type	Text
Resource Type	Article
Subject	Sociology and Political Science Religious Studies Social Psychology Applied Psychology

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