| Language and Self-Transformation: A Study of the Christian Conversion Narrative Contributor(s): Stromberg, Peter G. (Author) |
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ISBN: 0521440777 ISBN-13: 9780521440776 Publisher: Cambridge University Press OUR PRICE: $114.00 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: June 1993 Annotation: 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 such as psychotherapy in which people deal with emotional conflict through language. |
| Additional Information |
| BISAC Categories: - Religion | Christian Living - General |
| Dewey: 248.24 |
| LCCN: 92034071 |
| Series: African Studies Series |
| Physical Information: 0.79" H x 6.42" W x 9.26" (0.98 lbs) 168 pages |
| Themes: - Religious Orientation - Christian |