Ines W Jindra
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 3938304 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Ines W Jindra |
| PRENOMES | Ines W |
| SOBRENOME | Jindra |
| ASSINATURA | JINDRA I W |
| AFILIAÇÕES | Idaho State University |
| ORCID | 0000-0003-3902-3616 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 23 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 26 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 23 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 1 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2005 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 3 |
Gender, Relationships, and Negotiation
Little has been written specifically about how men frame their experiences of leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Using a qualitative coding technique, we analyze the deconversion narratives of twenty American men who left the LDS church. Based on an understanding of the ways the LDS church shapes the male life course, we find that milestones and expectations—obligatory priesthood advancement, mission, marriage, a famil…
Experiences of leaving “high-cost” religious groups and the concept of the “biographical trajectory”
In this article, we make the case for the theoretical and practical usage of the concept of the "biographical trajectory" (Riemann & Schütze, 1991, p. 342; Schütze, 1999) in social work practice with people who have left "high-cost" religious groups. We illustrate this through our analysis of the life stories and biographical trajectories of three individuals who have disaffiliated from either the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS)…
Awkward Rituals
Journal Article Awkward Rituals: Sensations of Governance in Protestant America, by DANA W. LOGAN Get access Awkward Rituals: Sensations of Governance in Protestant America, by DANA W. LOGAN. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 2022, 185 pp.; $27.50 (paperback), $97.50 (hardcover). Ines W Jindra Ines W Jindra Idaho State University, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Soc…
Gender, Symbolic and Social Boundaries, and Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is characterized by specific expectations in the realm of gender roles and sexuality, expectations which can be interpreted as heteronormative symbolic boundaries between the LDS Church and the world at large. In this article, through qualitative interviews, we explore the ways 27 women who leave the Church are influenced by, respond to, and ultimately reject some of the symbolic boundaries. We foun…
Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Quest for Identity
Religion, Spirituality, Community, and Change at a Residential Homeless Shelter
This article looks at the effects of religion, spirituality, and religious community in an evangelical Christian homeless shelter. We describe the culture of the shelter as well as the life stories of its residents, with the goal of understanding how residents experience the shelter and how religion and the religious community help them cope with their past and improve their situations. We illustrate how many of the residents connect to the spiri…
A History of Christian Conversion and Other Conversion Models
Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery
Conversion, Religious
In this entry, the definition of conversion will be tackled first, followed by a discussion of the origin of the concept and its various dimensions. Phases in the development of the concept will be outlined, such as the development of the two paradigms of conversion research, and the shift from a focus on deprivation to network influence and from a realist to a constructivist stance. The entry also includes an overview of some current trends, suc…
How Do People Change their Lives? The Role of the Narrative Interview and the Biographical Trajectory for Social Work and Pastoral Care in the United States
The Lazarus Project and Grace Ministries
The emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries
The aim of this article is to begin a comparison between an emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Germany, and Austria), with the intention of moving the discussion forward. It is found that the ‘science of social work’ is more developed in German-speaking Europe than in the United States, but that similar conclusions have been developed in both contexts. However, scholars of the two co…
Toward an Integrative Theory of Religious Conversion
Connecting Poverty, Culture, and Cognition
This article highlights how one nonprofit organization deals with the controversial issue of culture and poverty through its interactions with low-income individuals. Through interviews and participant observation, we analyze its curriculum and process, which focuses on helping participants become more reflexive by analyzing their past life and potential futures through a social class analysis. At the same time, we discuss a key theoretical debat…
Poverty and the Controversial Work of Nonprofits
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion
Journal Article The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion Get access The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion, by LEWIS R. RAMBO and CHARLES E. FARHADIAN. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, 828 pp.; $150.00 USD (cloth). Ines W. Jindra Ines W. Jindra University of Notre Dame [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 76, Issue 2, SUMMER 2015, Pages 242–24…
A New Model of Religious Conversion
A New Model of Religious Conversion highlights connections between converts' backgrounds and the religions they convert to. It also critiques the prevalent application of network theory and social constructivism to the study of conversion narratives, while making the case for the introduction of biographical sociology to American sociology
A New Model of Religious Conversion
Based on the analysis of 52 conversion narratives to various religious groups, A New Model of Religious Conversion utilizes case studies for comparison of converts' backgrounds, network influence, and conversion narratives. The author convincingly illustrates a "fit" between the converts' background and the religion they convert to, such as between disorganized family backgrounds and highly structured religions. Conversely, those from highly stru…
Why A merican Sociology Needs Biographical Sociology— E uropean Style
Life story methods in Europe commonly belong to the field of biographical sociology. This paper points out that biographical sociology is missing from American sociology and describes in‐depth two well‐known methods in this field in Europe, the narrative interview and objective hermeneutics. The absence of biographical sociology from U.S. sociology should be remedied, it is argued, for the following reasons: First, an analysis of biographical pat…
How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups
Journal Article How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups Get access Ines W. Jindra Ines W. Jindra * University of Notre Dame *Direct correspondence to Ines W. Jindra, Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame, 936 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 7…
Comparing Biographical Backgrounds of Religious Founders and Converts to Those Religions
Alien Worlds
Extraterrestrials have been a common theme in popular culture, which is unsurprising given that a recent poll by the Associated Press estimated that 34 percent of people believe in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Scholars have been trying to understand this phenomenon, and a number of them are represented in Alien Worlds, a collection of essays on “extraterrestrial contact” written by a wide array of international researchers and edited by Di…
Religious Stage Development Among Converts to Different Religious Groups
Only a few studies have dealt with the relationship between faith development theory and conversion or apostasy, though some have called for these studies. In this study, I compare religious judgment and religious stage transformations of 47 converts, focusing specifically on four case studies of conversions to Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarian Universalists. The research was conducted from 2001 to 2006 in the midwestern United Sta…
Gender Differences in the Communication of Christian Conversion Narratives
Why A merican Sociology Needs Biographical Sociology— E uropean Style
Life story methods in Europe commonly belong to the field of biographical sociology. This paper points out that biographical sociology is missing from American sociology and describes in‐depth two well‐known methods in this field in Europe, the narrative interview and objective hermeneutics. The absence of biographical sociology from U.S. sociology should be remedied, it is argued, for the following reasons: First, an analysis of biographical pat…
How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups
Journal Article How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups Get access Ines W. Jindra Ines W. Jindra * University of Notre Dame *Direct correspondence to Ines W. Jindra, Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame, 936 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 7…
Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Quest for Identity
Gender Differences in the Communication of Christian Conversion Narratives
Gender, Symbolic and Social Boundaries, and Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is characterized by specific expectations in the realm of gender roles and sexuality, expectations which can be interpreted as heteronormative symbolic boundaries between the LDS Church and the world at large. In this article, through qualitative interviews, we explore the ways 27 women who leave the Church are influenced by, respond to, and ultimately reject some of the symbolic boundaries. We foun…
How Do People Change their Lives? The Role of the Narrative Interview and the Biographical Trajectory for Social Work and Pastoral Care in the United States
The Lazarus Project and Grace Ministries
The emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries
The aim of this article is to begin a comparison between an emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Germany, and Austria), with the intention of moving the discussion forward. It is found that the ‘science of social work’ is more developed in German-speaking Europe than in the United States, but that similar conclusions have been developed in both contexts. However, scholars of the two co…
Connecting Poverty, Culture, and Cognition
This article highlights how one nonprofit organization deals with the controversial issue of culture and poverty through its interactions with low-income individuals. Through interviews and participant observation, we analyze its curriculum and process, which focuses on helping participants become more reflexive by analyzing their past life and potential futures through a social class analysis. At the same time, we discuss a key theoretical debat…
Comparing Biographical Backgrounds of Religious Founders and Converts to Those Religions
Religious Stage Development Among Converts to Different Religious Groups
Only a few studies have dealt with the relationship between faith development theory and conversion or apostasy, though some have called for these studies. In this study, I compare religious judgment and religious stage transformations of 47 converts, focusing specifically on four case studies of conversions to Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarian Universalists. The research was conducted from 2001 to 2006 in the midwestern United Sta…
Gender Differences in the Communication of Christian Conversion Narratives
Religious Stage Development Among Converts to Different Religious Groups
Only a few studies have dealt with the relationship between faith development theory and conversion or apostasy, though some have called for these studies. In this study, I compare religious judgment and religious stage transformations of 47 converts, focusing specifically on four case studies of conversions to Christianity, Jehovah's Witnesses, and Unitarian Universalists. The research was conducted from 2001 to 2006 in the midwestern United Sta…
Comparing Biographical Backgrounds of Religious Founders and Converts to Those Religions
Alien Worlds
Extraterrestrials have been a common theme in popular culture, which is unsurprising given that a recent poll by the Associated Press estimated that 34 percent of people believe in unidentified flying objects (UFOs). Scholars have been trying to understand this phenomenon, and a number of them are represented in Alien Worlds, a collection of essays on “extraterrestrial contact” written by a wide array of international researchers and edited by Di…
How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups
Journal Article How Religious Content Matters in Conversion Narratives to Various Religious Groups Get access Ines W. Jindra Ines W. Jindra * University of Notre Dame *Direct correspondence to Ines W. Jindra, Center for the Study of Religion and Society, University of Notre Dame, 936 Flanner Hall, Notre Dame, IN, 46556. E-mail: [email protected]. Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 7…
A New Model of Religious Conversion
A New Model of Religious Conversion highlights connections between converts' backgrounds and the religions they convert to. It also critiques the prevalent application of network theory and social constructivism to the study of conversion narratives, while making the case for the introduction of biographical sociology to American sociology
A New Model of Religious Conversion
Based on the analysis of 52 conversion narratives to various religious groups, A New Model of Religious Conversion utilizes case studies for comparison of converts' backgrounds, network influence, and conversion narratives. The author convincingly illustrates a "fit" between the converts' background and the religion they convert to, such as between disorganized family backgrounds and highly structured religions. Conversely, those from highly stru…
Why A merican Sociology Needs Biographical Sociology— E uropean Style
Life story methods in Europe commonly belong to the field of biographical sociology. This paper points out that biographical sociology is missing from American sociology and describes in‐depth two well‐known methods in this field in Europe, the narrative interview and objective hermeneutics. The absence of biographical sociology from U.S. sociology should be remedied, it is argued, for the following reasons: First, an analysis of biographical pat…
The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion
Journal Article The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion Get access The Oxford Handbook of Religious Conversion, by LEWIS R. RAMBO and CHARLES E. FARHADIAN. New York: Oxford University Press, 2014, 828 pp.; $150.00 USD (cloth). Ines W. Jindra Ines W. Jindra University of Notre Dame [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Sociology of Religion, Volume 76, Issue 2, SUMMER 2015, Pages 242–24…
Toward an Integrative Theory of Religious Conversion
Connecting Poverty, Culture, and Cognition
This article highlights how one nonprofit organization deals with the controversial issue of culture and poverty through its interactions with low-income individuals. Through interviews and participant observation, we analyze its curriculum and process, which focuses on helping participants become more reflexive by analyzing their past life and potential futures through a social class analysis. At the same time, we discuss a key theoretical debat…
Poverty and the Controversial Work of Nonprofits
The Lazarus Project and Grace Ministries
The emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries
The aim of this article is to begin a comparison between an emerging ‘science of social work’ in the United States and German-speaking countries (Switzerland, Germany, and Austria), with the intention of moving the discussion forward. It is found that the ‘science of social work’ is more developed in German-speaking Europe than in the United States, but that similar conclusions have been developed in both contexts. However, scholars of the two co…
How Do People Change their Lives? The Role of the Narrative Interview and the Biographical Trajectory for Social Work and Pastoral Care in the United States
Lived Religion, Conversion and Recovery
Conversion, Religious
In this entry, the definition of conversion will be tackled first, followed by a discussion of the origin of the concept and its various dimensions. Phases in the development of the concept will be outlined, such as the development of the two paradigms of conversion research, and the shift from a focus on deprivation to network influence and from a realist to a constructivist stance. The entry also includes an overview of some current trends, suc…
Religion, Spirituality, Community, and Change at a Residential Homeless Shelter
This article looks at the effects of religion, spirituality, and religious community in an evangelical Christian homeless shelter. We describe the culture of the shelter as well as the life stories of its residents, with the goal of understanding how residents experience the shelter and how religion and the religious community help them cope with their past and improve their situations. We illustrate how many of the residents connect to the spiri…
A History of Christian Conversion and Other Conversion Models
Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints and the Quest for Identity
Experiences of leaving “high-cost” religious groups and the concept of the “biographical trajectory”
In this article, we make the case for the theoretical and practical usage of the concept of the "biographical trajectory" (Riemann & Schütze, 1991, p. 342; Schütze, 1999) in social work practice with people who have left "high-cost" religious groups. We illustrate this through our analysis of the life stories and biographical trajectories of three individuals who have disaffiliated from either the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS)…
Awkward Rituals
Journal Article Awkward Rituals: Sensations of Governance in Protestant America, by DANA W. LOGAN Get access Awkward Rituals: Sensations of Governance in Protestant America, by DANA W. LOGAN. Chicago, London: University of Chicago Press, 2022, 185 pp.; $27.50 (paperback), $97.50 (hardcover). Ines W Jindra Ines W Jindra Idaho State University, USA [email protected] Search for other works by this author on: Oxford Academic Google Scholar Soc…
Gender, Symbolic and Social Boundaries, and Deconversion from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints is characterized by specific expectations in the realm of gender roles and sexuality, expectations which can be interpreted as heteronormative symbolic boundaries between the LDS Church and the world at large. In this article, through qualitative interviews, we explore the ways 27 women who leave the Church are influenced by, respond to, and ultimately reject some of the symbolic boundaries. We foun…
Gender, Relationships, and Negotiation
Little has been written specifically about how men frame their experiences of leaving the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints (LDS). Using a qualitative coding technique, we analyze the deconversion narratives of twenty American men who left the LDS church. Based on an understanding of the ways the LDS church shapes the male life course, we find that milestones and expectations—obligatory priesthood advancement, mission, marriage, a famil…
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