Joining New Congregations - Motives, Ways and Consequences: A Comparative Study of New Congregations in a Norwegian Folk Church Context and a Thai Min

by Morten Sandland

Why do people join new congregations? How does this happen? And which consequences does this have for people's belief and behavior? These are the main questions addressed in this comparative case study from the distinctively different contexts of Norway and Thailand. While joining a new congregation in Thailand in most cases is understood in terms of conversion , what happens in the Norwegian context is mainly referred to as a process of revitalized...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 3631650639
• ISBN13: 9783631650639
• Release Date: April 2014
• Publisher: Peter Lang Gmbh, Internationaler Verlag Der W
• Length: 316 Pages