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dc.contributor.advisorDavidman, Lynn
dc.contributor.authorCollins, Nathan Russell
dc.date.accessioned2017-08-13T22:27:46Z
dc.date.available2017-08-13T22:27:46Z
dc.date.issued2015-05-31
dc.date.submitted2015
dc.identifier.otherhttp://dissertations.umi.com/ku:13984
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/24833
dc.description.abstractFundamentalist churches are unlike most mainstream forms of Christianity because of the elevated level of encapsulation these groups attempt to instill in their members. Encapsulation leads individuals to develop closely held identities that strongly impact their everyday lives. When an individual exits a fundamentalist group they enter a process through which their identity is transformed. This transformation occurs throughout a number of steps which appear to be similar to those leaving other encapsulating groups, namely orthodox Jewish communities. The process begins with the defector recognizing holes in the sacred canopy their church has wrapped them in, and ends with a complete transformation of identity.
dc.format.extent34 pages
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherUniversity of Kansas
dc.rightsCopyright held by the author.
dc.subjectSociology
dc.subjectReligion
dc.subjectCultural anthropology
dc.subjectChristian
dc.subjectEncapsulation
dc.subjectFundamentalism
dc.subjectIdentity
dc.subjectNarratives
dc.titleStepping Out: Narratives of Former Fundamentalist Christians
dc.typeThesis
dc.contributor.cmtememberObadare, Ebenezer
dc.contributor.cmtememberHill, Shirley
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineSociology
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccess


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