عنوان

Addiction and Spiritual Transformation. An Empirical Study on Narratives of Recovering Addicts' Conversion Testimonies in Dutch and Serbian Contexts

شماره

LA109021

زبان متن نوشتاري يا گفتاري و مانند آن

انگلیسی

عنوان اصلي

Addiction and Spiritual Transformation. An Empirical Study on Narratives of Recovering Addicts' Conversion Testimonies in Dutch and Serbian Contexts

نام عام مواد

[Article]

نام نخستين پديدآور

Srdjan Sremac, R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Srdjan Sremac, et al.

محل نشرو پخش و غیره

Leiden

نام ناشر، پخش کننده و غيره

Brill

متن يادداشت

The article examines how recovering drug addicts employ testimonies of conversion and addiction to develop and sustain personal identity and create meaning from varied experiences in life. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of recovering drug addicts we analyze conversion and addiction testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). The analysis shows how existing frames of reference and self-understanding are undermined and/or developed. We first describe the substance abuse in participants' addiction trajectory. Next, we outline the religious aspects and the primary conception of recovering addicts' conversions as an example of spiritual transformation and narrative change. Moreover, participants select and creatively adapt cultural practices in their testimonies. In many of these examples (mostly in the migrant sample) converts clearly employ elements from their personal and family histories, their ethnic and religious heritages, and their larger cultural and historical context to create a meaningful conversion narrative. The article examines how recovering drug addicts employ testimonies of conversion and addiction to develop and sustain personal identity and create meaning from varied experiences in life. Drawing on 31 autobiographies of recovering drug addicts we analyze conversion and addiction testimonies in two European contexts (Serbia and the Netherlands, including a sample of immigrants). The analysis shows how existing frames of reference and self-understanding are undermined and/or developed. We first describe the substance abuse in participants' addiction trajectory. Next, we outline the religious aspects and the primary conception of recovering addicts' conversions as an example of spiritual transformation and narrative change. Moreover, participants select and creatively adapt cultural practices in their testimonies. In many of these examples (mostly in the migrant sample) converts clearly employ elements from their personal and family histories, their ethnic and religious heritages, and their larger cultural and historical context to create a meaningful conversion narrative.

تاريخ نشر

2013

توصيف ظاهري

399-435

عنوان

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

شماره جلد

35/3

شماره استاندارد بين المللي پياييندها

1573-6121

اصطلاح موضوعی

context

اصطلاح موضوعی

narrative reconstruction

اصطلاح موضوعی

spiritual transformation

اصطلاح موضوعی

spoiled identity

اصطلاح موضوعی

substance abuse

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

R. Ruard Ganzevoort

مستند نام اشخاص تاييد نشده

Srdjan Sremac

شماره بازیابی

10.1163/15736121-12341267

نام الکترونيکي

فرمت انتشار

p

نوع ماده

[Article]

کد کاربرگه

275578

سطح دسترسي

a

تكميل شده

Y