Deconversion: Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the United States of America

by Barbara Keller, Christopher F. Silver, Ralph W. Hood Jr., et al.

This book presents case studies and empirical data of a phenomenon which increasingly gains popularity in Western societies: deconversion. There is, the authors argue, no better word than deconversion to describe processes of disengagement from religious orientations because these have much in common with conversion. Termination of membership may eventually be the final step of deconversion, but it involves biographical and psychological dynamics...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3525604394
• ISBN13: 9783525604397
• Release Date: February 2009
• Publisher: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht
• Length: 259 Pages
• Weight: 1.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.4" x 9.3"