Religious Voices in Self-Narratives

Making Sense of Life in Times of Transition

Bibliographic Data

ID7208733
AuthorsT H Zock (corresponding author)
EditorsMarjo Buitelaar (0000-0003-1751-2080), Hetty Zock (0000-0002-7318-5195)
Year2013
Pages280
Publication date2013-07-16
Open AccessNo
TypeBOOK
VenueReligious voices in self-narratives (SOURCE_BOOK)
PublisherDe Gruyter (PUBLISHER • DE)
DOI10.1515/9781614511700
OpenAlexW1586628501
Open LibraryOL28391362M
ISBN9781614511700
LanguageEN
Citations received10

In present-day pluralistic and individualized societies, the question of how individuals appropriate religious traditions has become particularly relevant. In this volume, psychologists, anthropologists, and historians examine the presence of religious voices in narrative constructions of the self. The focus is on the multiple ways religious stories and practices feature in self-narratives about major life transitions. The contributions explore the ways in which such voices inform the accommodation and interpretation of these transitions. In addition to being inspired by Dan McAdams’ approach to life stories as ‘personal myths’ that inform us about the quests of individuals for a satisfactory balance between agency and communion, most of the contributors have found the theory of ‘the dialogical self’ developed by Hubert Hermans particularly useful. Thus the contributions explore the ways in which identity formation is shaped by internal dialogues between personal and collective voices in the context of the specific constellations of power in which these voices are embedded. The volume is divided into three parts addressing theoretical and methodological considerations, religious resources in narratives on life transitions, and religious positioning in diaspora

Art · Literature · Narrative · Sociology · Gender Studies · History · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Autobiography · Change · Ich-Erzählung · Narration (rhetoric) · Religiöse Identität · Religiosität · religious · Religious aspects · Religious Psychology · Self in literature

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