Language and Self-Transformation A Study of the Christian Conversion Narrative |
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| Author:
| Stromberg, Peter G. |
| Contribution by:
| Quinn, Naomi
Fessler, Daniel
Johnson, Allen W.
Lebra, Takie Sugiyama
Lucy, John
Strauss, Claudia
Whitehead, Harriet |
| Series title: | Publications of the Society for Psychological Anthropology Ser. |
| ISBN: | 978-0-521-03136-3 |
| Publication Date: | Jun 2008 |
| Publisher: | Cambridge University Press
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| Book Format: | Paperback |
| List Price: | USD $39.99 |
Book Description:
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This is a study of how self-transformation may occur through the practice of reframing one's personal experience in terms of a canonical language: that is, a system of symbols that purports to explain something about human beings and the universe they live in. The Christian conversion narrative is used as the primary example here, but the approach used in this book also illuminates other practices SH such as psychotherapy SH in which people deal with emotional conflict through language.
This is a study of how self-transformation may occur through the practice of reframing one's personal experience in terms of a canonical language: that is, a system of symbols that purports to explain something about human beings and the universe they live in. The Christian conversion narrative is used as the primary example here, but the approach used in this book also illuminates other practices SH such as psychotherapy SH in which people deal with emotional conflict through language.