Sremac, Srđan (2010) Obraćenje u novu stvarnost: socijalni konstrukcionizam, praktična teologija i obraćenje [Converting into a New Reality: Social Constructionism, Practical Theology and Conversion]. Nova Prisutnost, 8 (1). pp. 7-26. ISSN 1848-8676
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Abstract
In this article, the author attempts to bring the practical theological conversion research into dialogue with the theory of social constructionism. Such an interdisciplinary approach to religious conversion shifts the attention from the intra-psychic religious experience of the converter to the contextual understanding of conversion phenomena. The author emphasises that the narrative-social-constructionist perspective enables a more complete interpretation of the conversion process. Furthermore, the author emphasises that the social constructionist approach to conversion research has its own perspective in the area of practical (empirical) theology as an interdisciplinary discipline. By using the postulates of social construction, the author believes that one should not reject the view that God is present in a conversion, nor that this should be questioned. Here, though the social constructionist approach and in conversion research, there is an attempt to create a dialogue with other social sciences. Interaction between social sciences and theological empirical research opens the door to a holistic understanding of the conversion phenomena where all researchers are welcomed to give their contribution. In the end, it should be pointed out that conversion is not just pure social construction. Social construction cannot comprehend the experience of conversion without a dialogue, first and foremost a dialogue with theology. In a word, the aim of this work is not to give a whole explanation by using social constructionism only, but to invite an area of social constructionism into a dialogue with a discourse of practical theology.
| Item Type: | Article |
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| Uncontrolled Keywords: | Social Constructionism, Practical-Empirical Theology |
| Subjects: | B Mission theology/theory B Mission theology/theory > Conversion D World Christianity and Central Eastern Europe > Europe H Social research and religion in Central Eastern Europe |
| Divisions: | Balkan countries Balkan countries > Croatia Balkan countries > Serbia |
| Depositing User: | Speranca Tomin |
| Date Deposited: | 02 Oct 2021 15:03 |
| Last Modified: | 02 Oct 2021 15:03 |
| URI: | https://ceeamsprints.osims.org/id/eprint/2111 |
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