Buch, Deutsch, 400 Seiten, Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 594 g
Buch, Deutsch, 400 Seiten, Großformatiges Paperback. Klappenbroschur, Format (B × H): 160 mm x 231 mm, Gewicht: 594 g
ISBN: 978-3-374-05886-0
Verlag: Evangelische Verlagsansta
[Adult Baptism in Eastern Germany. A Qualitative-Empirical Study on its Biographical Contexts and its Meaning]
To be baptized as adult in Eastern Germany is rather unconventional. The way leading to baptism is described in this book. It sheds a light on the biographical backgrounds of formerly 'non-denominational' individuals that initiated their interest in religion and eventually lead to their baptism. Fields in which these developments took place get analyzed by means of biographical interviews and conversational linguistic and sociological reconstructive methods. Individual structures of meaning and larger structural complexes help to understand the development steps and the motivations to get baptized: non-denominational adults don’t let themselves be baptized without former religious experiences. These experiences include the overcoming of unfavorable living conditions. Baptism is therefore also the result of a structuring thinking which tries to create distance.
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- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Liturgik, Christliche Anbetung, Sakramente, Rituale, Feiertage
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Religionswissenschaft Allgemein Religiöses Leben und religiöse Praxis
- Geisteswissenschaften Christentum, Christliche Theologie Praktische Theologie Christliches Leben & Praxis
- Geisteswissenschaften Religionswissenschaft Alternative Glaubensformen Agnostizismus, Atheismus, Säkularer Humanismus