The Role of Conversion Experiences in Group Commitment: An Ethnography of the jonah House Community in Baltimore, Maryland
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Authors
Betts, Kristin
Issue Date
1996
Type
Thesis
Language
en_US
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Abstract
Jonah House calls itself a faith based resistance community.
Essentially this means that the members of Jonah House are engaged
in an active process of discerning how to best follow Christ. Throughout this paper I will explain how conversion or
transforming experiences brought the members of jonah House to
this community and how this on-going process works to keeps them
here and allows them to continue to do acts of civil resistance. The
experiences will often be rellgious in origin but with profound
psychological and sociological implications. I will explore how the
experiences of doing active resistance are not only the result of a
transformation of mind and spirit but also an aid to the continued
conversion of the community. I will also demonstrate how the
shared life of community provides stamina to the people who live at
jonah House, giving them the strength to continue living out the
Gospels as they perceive them. That is to say, I will show how these
daily activities serve to reinforce the lifestyle adjustments from
mainstream USA to a life of community and resistance.
Description
iii, 138 p.
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Publisher
Kalamazoo, Mich. : Kalamazoo College.
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