Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change

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dc.contributor.advisorJubber, Kenen_ZA
dc.contributor.authorDu Venage, Jeremyen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2014-12-28T14:47:10Z
dc.date.available2014-12-28T14:47:10Z
dc.date.issued2000en_ZA
dc.descriptionBibliography: leaves i-viii.en_ZA
dc.description.abstractThe major purpose of this dissertation is to examine core ideas relating to theories of conversion into New Religious Movements and assess whether such can be broadened in respect of issues of individual and 'Wider cultural change, and in doing so consider the connections between religious experience as a cultural expression and other patterns of belief and meaning 'Within the total human experience. This is realised through the use of qualitative conversion narratives of four Hare Krishna devotees obtained in unstructured 'free attitude' interviews (conversations), and participational observations of that movement geared towards gaining an explorative, and where possible an indigenous picture of the life-world of Hare Krishna and assessing whether considerations of conversion, identity, meaning and belief evident in popular theory have any hold on that reality. On this basis it is suggested that conversion models do not adequately deal 'With questions of meaning and present a one dimensional picture of passive individuals being 'pushed' into conversion by social-psychological 'predispositions' or situational organisational and interactive forces, outside their control. It is argued that more emphasis needs to be paid to the specific belief systems and general 'ideological positioning' of both group and individual during conversion, in terms of the causal dynamics behind individual life-choices and the negotiated relationship between both parties over time, and that, if one employs such a shift, conversion becomes more recognisable as a site of self-transformation, and can accordingly be linked to micro as well as macro cultural change in modernity.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDu Venage, J. (2000). <i>Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change</i>. (Thesis). University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology. Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10352en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDu Venage, Jeremy. <i>"Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change."</i> Thesis., University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2000. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10352en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDu Venage, J. 2000. Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Thesis / Dissertation AU - Du Venage, Jeremy AB - The major purpose of this dissertation is to examine core ideas relating to theories of conversion into New Religious Movements and assess whether such can be broadened in respect of issues of individual and 'Wider cultural change, and in doing so consider the connections between religious experience as a cultural expression and other patterns of belief and meaning 'Within the total human experience. This is realised through the use of qualitative conversion narratives of four Hare Krishna devotees obtained in unstructured 'free attitude' interviews (conversations), and participational observations of that movement geared towards gaining an explorative, and where possible an indigenous picture of the life-world of Hare Krishna and assessing whether considerations of conversion, identity, meaning and belief evident in popular theory have any hold on that reality. On this basis it is suggested that conversion models do not adequately deal 'With questions of meaning and present a one dimensional picture of passive individuals being 'pushed' into conversion by social-psychological 'predispositions' or situational organisational and interactive forces, outside their control. It is argued that more emphasis needs to be paid to the specific belief systems and general 'ideological positioning' of both group and individual during conversion, in terms of the causal dynamics behind individual life-choices and the negotiated relationship between both parties over time, and that, if one employs such a shift, conversion becomes more recognisable as a site of self-transformation, and can accordingly be linked to micro as well as macro cultural change in modernity. DA - 2000 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2000 T1 - Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change TI - Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10352 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDu Venage J. Surrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural change. [Thesis]. University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Department of Sociology, 2000 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/10352en_ZA
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dc.publisher.departmentDepartment of Sociologyen_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
dc.titleSurrender to Krishna : religious conversion and cultural changeen_ZA
dc.typeMaster Thesis
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