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Spirituality and Narrative Identity: Three Case Studies Baldwin, Clive; Furlotte, Charles; Liu, Qilin

Abstract

Since the narrative turn in the social sciences from the 1980s onward, there has been an increasing interest in the concept of narrative identity. The concept of narrative identity, however, is open to multiple interpretations. Here, we take a narrative hermeneutic approach and apply one particular model of narrative identity—to three case studies, exploring how each of these was shaped by the storyworlds of the participants. The case studies have been selected as examples of different forms of identity: received, bricolage, and guided. Following this exploration, we reflect on the potential of this approach in other areas of identity work and the implications for narrative understanding in the promotion of social justice.

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Title
Spirituality and Narrative Identity: Three Case Studies
Creator
Baldwin, Clive; Furlotte, Charles; Liu, Qilin
Publisher
Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute
Date Issued
2023-10-12
Description
Since the narrative turn in the social sciences from the 1980s onward, there has been an increasing interest in the concept of narrative identity. The concept of narrative identity, however, is open to multiple interpretations. Here, we take a narrative hermeneutic approach and apply one particular model of narrative identity—to three case studies, exploring how each of these was shaped by the storyworlds of the participants. The case studies have been selected as examples of different forms of identity: received, bricolage, and guided. Following this exploration, we reflect on the potential of this approach in other areas of identity work and the implications for narrative understanding in the promotion of social justice.
Subject
narrative hermeneutics; narrative identity; spirituality; Pentecostalism; Paganism; Rosicrucianism
Genre
Article
Type
Text
Language
eng
Date Available
2023-11-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
CC BY 4.0
DOI
10.14288/1.0437572
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86462
Affiliation
Creative and Critical Studies, Faculty of (Okanagan); Non UBC; Creative Studies, Department of (Okanagan)
Citation
Religions 14 (10): 1287 (2023)
Publisher DOI
10.3390/rel14101287
Peer Review Status
Reviewed
Scholarly Level
Faculty
Rights URI
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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