Religious Conversion of Adolescents: Testing the Lofland and Stark Model of Religious Conversion

1 January 1991

journal article
Published by Oxford University Press (OUP) in Sociological Analysis

Vol. 52 (3) , 227-240
https://doi.org/10.2307/3711359

Abstract

In a study among 92 Dutch adolescents we tested the Lofland and Stark model of religious conversion. Our results show that the model offers a fairly adequate set of conditions of conversion, but is inadequate as a model for the process of conversion. Young people are attracted to religious groups for two reasons: First, the group offers them a new perspective on life and so liberates them from entrapment in their own problems. Second, the group provides them with a satisfying personal network.

Keywords

ADOLESCENTS
RELIGIOUS CONVERSION
STARK MODEL
TESTED THE LOFLAND
LOFLAND AND STARK
MODEL OF RELIGIOUS
YOUNG PEOPLE
LIBERATES

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