LEADER 02741nam 22006974a 450 001 9910969600603321 005 20251116204215.0 010 $a1-134-40246-5 010 $a1-134-40247-3 010 $a0-203-16194-7 010 $a0-415-30611-6 010 $a1-280-07409-4 024 7 $a10.4324/9780203161944 035 $a(CKB)1000000000445877 035 $a(SSID)ssj0000308084 035 $a(PQKBManifestationID)11274958 035 $a(PQKBTitleCode)TC0000308084 035 $a(PQKBWorkID)10251244 035 $a(PQKB)10408245 035 $a(MiAaPQ)EBC182525 035 $a(Au-PeEL)EBL182525 035 $a(CaPaEBR)ebr10100454 035 $a(CaONFJC)MIL7409 035 $a(OCoLC)828304195 035 $a(OCoLC)56091465 035 $a(BIP)65646108 035 $a(BIP)42707323 035 $a(EXLCZ)991000000000445877 100 $a20030402d2004 uy 0 101 0 $aeng 135 $aurcn||||||||| 181 $ctxt 182 $cc 183 $acr 200 10$aReligious conversion and identity $ethe semiotic analysis of texts /$fMassimo Leone 210 $aLondon ;$aNew York $cRoutledge$d2004 215 $axiii, 241 p. $cill 225 1 $aRoutledge studies in religion ;$v3 300 $aBibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph 311 08$a0-415-85993-X 311 08$a0-203-35165-7 320 $aIncludes bibliographical references (p. [210]-235) and index. 327 $a1. The destabilization of the self -- 2. The crisis of the self -- 3. The re-stabilization of the self. 330 $aThe way in which people change and represent their spiritual evolution is often determined by recurrent language structures. Through the analysis of ancient and modern stories and their words and images, this book describes the nature of conversion through explorations of the encounter with the religious message, the discomfort of spiritual uncertainty, the loss of personal and social identity, the anxiety of destabilization, the reconstitution of the self and the discovery of a new language of the soul. 410 0$aRoutledge studies in religion ;$v3. 606 $aConversion$xChristianity$xHistory 606 $aIdentification (Religion)$xHistory 606 $aChristian converts$vBiography$xHistory and criticism 615 0$aConversion$xChristianity$xHistory. 615 0$aIdentification (Religion)$xHistory. 615 0$aChristian converts$xHistory and criticism. 676 $a248.2/4 686 $a11.54$2bcl 700 $aLeone$b Massimo$f1975-$0750475 801 0$bMiAaPQ 801 1$bMiAaPQ 801 2$bMiAaPQ 906 $aBOOK 912 $a9910969600603321 996 $aReligious conversion and identity$94476480 997 $aUNINA