عنوان
پدید آورنده
موضوع
رده
کتابخانه
محل استقرار
NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA109021
LANGUAGE OF THE ITEM
.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc
انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
Addiction and Spiritual Transformation. An Empirical Study on Narratives of Recovering Addicts' Conversion Testimonies in Dutch and Serbian Contexts
General Material Designation
[Article]
First Statement of Responsibility
Srdjan Sremac, R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Srdjan Sremac, et al.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
Text of Note
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.
SET
Date of Publication
2013
Physical description
399-435
Title
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Volume Number
35/3
International Standard Serial Number
1573-6121
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
context
Subject Term
narrative reconstruction
Subject Term
spiritual transformation
Subject Term
spoiled identity
Subject Term
substance abuse
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
R. Ruard Ganzevoort
Srdjan Sremac
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/15736121-12341267
ELECTRONIC LOCATION AND ACCESS
Electronic name
مطالعه متن کتاب p
[Article]
275578
a
Y
