"I woke up and knew, spiritually, I have just accepted the faith" : Agency and Dream Ethnography in the Bahá’í Faith
This paper focuses on how first-generation Bahá’ís view dreams and visions as confirming their choice to become Bahá’í. It presents life story interviews, highlighting the significance of their dream narratives in religious conversion. The study emphasizes that these dreams integrate their prior rel...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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2024
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| In: |
Entangled Religions
Year: 2024, Volume: 15, Issue: 2 |
| Further subjects: | B
Agency
B supernatural agents B Religious Conversion B Bahá’í Faith B Dreams |
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