Tag: Religious Self

November 18, 2011 Religion as Experience: On the Way to an Interpretive Psychology of Religion

Another paper presenting an approach to interpretive cultural psychology of religion is finished. The underlying theoretical and methodological approach is…

August 25, 2011 “Mission possible” – The Belief in the Power of the “Better Man”

Abstract: This paper deals with the question of what experiences individuals do make, who aim for persuading and convincing others of…

May 11, 2011 Mission possible? Optimization of ‘Others’ in the Context of Missionary Strategies of Persuasion

In a series of publication projects I focus on the question of how optimization and standardization of ‘others’ and foreigners…

May 13, 2009 Religious Self and Identity of German Protestant Missionaries

It seems obvious that the Christian religion is intrinsically intertwined with the missionary assignment and that the gradual and strategic…