The Transformed Self The Psychology of Religious Conversion
This book is about the dramatic experience of religious conver sion. The phenomenon of religious conversion lies at the crossroad of several disciplines. As the title of this book indicates, my own interest in religious conversion is not sociological, hi
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The Psychology of Religious Conversion
EMOTIONS, PERSONALITY, AND PSYCHOTHERAPY Series Editors Carroll E. Izard, University of Delaware, Newark, Delaware and Jerome L. Singer, Yale University, New Haven, Connecticut Current Volumes in this Series THE COGNITIVE FOUNDATIONS OF PERSONALITY TRAITS Shulamith Kreitler and Hans Kreitler THE EMOTIONAL BRAIN: Physiology, Neuroanatomy, Psychology, and Emotion P. V. Simonov EMOTIONS IN PERSONALITY AND PSYCHOPATHOLOGY Carroll E. Izard, ed. FREUD AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, Volume I: The Emotional Basis of Mental Illness Helen Block Lewis FREUD AND MODERN PSYCHOLOGY, Volume 2: The Emotional Basis of Human Behavior Helen Block Lewis GUIDED AFFECTIVE IMAGERY WITH CHILDREN AND ADOLESCENTS Hanscarl Leuner, Gunther Horn, and Edda Klessmann LANGUAGE IN PSYCHOTHERAPY: Strategies of Discovery Robert L. Russell, ed. THE POWER OF HUMAN IMAGINATION: New Methods in Psychotherapy Jerome L. Singer and Kenneth S. Pope, eds. THE PSYCHOBIOLOGY OF EMOTIONS Jack George Thompson SAMPLING NORMAL AND SCHIZOPHRENIC INNER EXPERIENCE Russell T. Hurlburt SHYNESS: Perspectives on Research and Treatment Warren H. Jones, Jonathan M. Cheek, and Stephen R. Briggs, eds. THE TRANSFORMED SELF: The Psychology of Religious Conversion Chana Ullman A Continuation Order Plan is available for this series. A continuation order will bring delivery of each new volume immediately upon publication. Volumes are billed only upon actual ship· ment. For further information please contact the publisher.
THE TRANSFORMED SELF The Psychology of Religious Conversion Chana Ullman The Hebrew University of Jerusalem Jerusalem, Israel
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Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Ullman, Chana. The transformed self: the psychology of religious conversion 1 Chana Ullman. cm. - (Emotions, personality, and psychotherapy) p. Bibliography: p. Includes index. ISBN 978-1-4899-0930-5 (eBook) ISBN 978-1-4899-0932-9 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4899-0930-5 1. Conversion. 1. Title. Il. Series. BRllO.U43 1989
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© 1989 Springer Science+Business Media New York Originally published by Plenum Press, New York in 1989 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1989 Ali rights reserved No part of this book may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, microfilming, recording, or otherwise, without written permission from the Publisher
Dedicated to my parents; and in the memory of my friend, Shula Sommers, Ph.D.
Preface
This book is about the dramatic experience of religious conversion. The phenomenon of religious conversion lies at the crossroad of several disciplines. As the title of this book indicates, my own interest in religious conversion is not sociological, historical, nor anthropological. My primary interest is not even in the domain of the psychology of religion. That is, this book is not a comprehensive review of the social psychological factors that shape religious beliefs in general and rel
