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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Chan, Elim Ming Yam

Titel

Factors Impacting Emerging Adults' Conversion to Christianity in Contemporary Taiwan

Ort / Verlag

ProQuest Dissertation & Theses

Erscheinungsjahr

2024

Link zum Volltext

• ProQuest

Quelle

ProQuest Dissertations & Theses A&I

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The purpose of this basic interpretive qualitative study is to understand and describe factors impacting emerging adults' conversion to Christianity in contemporary Taiwan. This research included 11 Taiwanese participants who converted to Christianity during their emerging adulthood. Each interview lasted about 90 minutes and was recorded and transcribed in Chinese. The transcriptions were imported into ATLAS.ti software, analyzed using qualitative methods, including the initial and focused coding and the constant comparing method. The findings were translated into English and described four major factors impacting emerging adults' conversion: spiritual experience, social relationship, personal beliefs, and cultural worldview. Additionally, this study’s findings highlighted that the keys to the conversion journey are supernatural divine encounters and anointed music. It described how tears or weeping in Christian songs impacted emerging adults’ conversion experience. The discussion also included the impactful social relationships and emerging adults’ personal beliefs in the context of Taiwan’s fear and power culture. These findings add to the theoretical understanding of Taiwanese culture and conversion theories in contemporary Taiwanese emerging adults’ context. Moreover, this study’s findings also provide practical implications for intercultural practitioners, Christian ministers, and emerging adults.