{"id":{"repo_id":"temple","oai_identifier":"oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/3755"},"canonical_url":"https://search.dev.ndltd.org/etd/temple/oai:scholarshare.temple.edu:20.500.12613/3755","repository":{"repo_id":"temple","name":"Temple University","base_url":"https://scholarshare.temple.edu/server/oai/request"},"display":{"title":"Becoming Catholic: Story, Sacrament, Conversion and the Emergence of Faith in Postconciliar Autobiographies","abstract":"This thesis looks at the spiritual autobiographies of thirty contemporary young adult Catholic men and women in their early twenties through their early forties. It argues that their life writings, when taken together as a whole and read through the dual lens of Story and Sacrament, evidence an emergent process of conversion, of \"becoming Catholic\" in the modern American milieu.","abstract_html":"This thesis looks at the spiritual autobiographies of thirty contemporary young adult Catholic men and women in their early twenties through their early forties. It argues that their life writings, when taken together as a whole and read through the dual lens of Story and Sacrament, evidence an emergent process of conversion, of "becoming Catholic" in the modern American milieu.","abstract_has_math":false,"creators":["Vinskie, Erica L."],"institution":"Temple University. Libraries","degree_name":null,"degree_level":null,"degree_discipline":null,"degree_department":null,"school":null,"contributors":[],"advisors":["Bregman, Lucy"],"committee_chairs":[],"committee_members":["Watt, David Harrington"],"year":2011,"date_issued":"2011","date_published":"2011","updated_at":"2026-07-27T21:21:50Z","subjects":["Religion","Psychology, Developmental","Spirituality","Autobiography","Catholicism","Catholics","Conversion","Postconciliar","Young Adult"],"languages":["eng"],"rights":["IN COPYRIGHT- This Rights Statement can be used for an Item that is in copyright. Using this statement implies that the organization making this Item available has determined that the Item is in copyright and either is the rights-holder, has obtained permission from the rights-holder(s) to make their Work(s) available, or makes the Item available under an exception or limitation to copyright (including Fair Use) that entitles it to make the Item available."],"rights_urls":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"identifier_entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["864885280"],"render_values":[{"text":"864885280","href":null,"code":true}]}]},"links":{"outbound_url":"http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/3755","outbound_label":"Handle","outbound_source":"dc:identifier.uri"},"metadata_groups":[{"id":"people","label":"People","entries":[{"key":"dc:contributor.advisor","label":"Advisor","values":["Bregman, Lucy"]},{"key":"dc:contributor.committeemember","label":"Committee Member","values":["Watt, David Harrington"]},{"key":"dc:creator","label":"Author","values":["Vinskie, Erica L."]}]},{"id":"academic_context","label":"Academic Context","entries":[{"key":"dc:date.accessioned","label":"Dc Date Accessioned","values":["2020-11-05T16:09:55Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.available","label":"Dc Date Available","values":["2020-11-05T16:09:55Z"]},{"key":"dc:date.issued","label":"Date","values":["2011"]},{"key":"dc:publisher","label":"Institution","values":["Temple University. Libraries"]},{"key":"dc:type","label":"Dc Type","values":["Text"]}]},{"id":"subjects_keywords","label":"Subjects and Keywords","entries":[{"key":"dc:subject","label":"Dc Subject","values":["Religion","Psychology, Developmental","Spirituality","Autobiography","Catholicism","Catholics","Conversion","Postconciliar","Young Adult"]}]},{"id":"language_rights","label":"Language and Rights","entries":[{"key":"dc:language.iso","label":"Language (ISO)","values":["eng"]},{"key":"dc:rights","label":"Dc Rights","values":["IN COPYRIGHT- This Rights Statement can be used for an Item that is in copyright. Using this statement implies that the organization making this Item available has determined that the Item is in copyright and either is the rights-holder, has obtained permission from the rights-holder(s) to make their Work(s) available, or makes the Item available under an exception or limitation to copyright (including Fair Use) that entitles it to make the Item available."]},{"key":"dc:rights.uri","label":"Rights URI","values":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"]}]},{"id":"identifiers","label":"Identifiers","entries":[{"key":"dc:identifier.other","label":"Dc Identifier Other","values":["864885280"]},{"key":"dc:identifier.uri","label":"Identifier URI","values":["http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/3755"]}]},{"id":"additional","label":"Additional Metadata","entries":[{"key":"dc:description.abstract","label":"Abstract","values":["This thesis looks at the spiritual autobiographies of thirty contemporary young adult Catholic men and women in their early twenties through their early forties. It argues that their life writings, when taken together as a whole and read through the dual lens of Story and Sacrament, evidence an emergent process of conversion, of \"becoming Catholic\" in the modern American milieu."]},{"key":"dc:description.degree","label":"Dc Description Degree","values":["M.A."]},{"key":"dc:title","label":"Title","values":["Becoming Catholic: Story, Sacrament, Conversion and the Emergence of Faith in Postconciliar Autobiographies"]}]}],"canonical_facts":{"dc:contributor.advisor":["Bregman, Lucy"],"dc:contributor.committeemember":["Watt, David Harrington"],"dc:creator":["Vinskie, Erica L."],"dc:date.accessioned":["2020-11-05T16:09:55Z"],"dc:date.available":["2020-11-05T16:09:55Z"],"dc:date.issued":["2011"],"dc:description.abstract":["This thesis looks at the spiritual autobiographies of thirty contemporary young adult Catholic men and women in their early twenties through their early forties. It argues that their life writings, when taken together as a whole and read through the dual lens of Story and Sacrament, evidence an emergent process of conversion, of \"becoming Catholic\" in the modern American milieu."],"dc:description.degree":["M.A."],"dc:identifier.other":["864885280"],"dc:identifier.uri":["http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12613/3755"],"dc:language.iso":["eng"],"dc:publisher":["Temple University. Libraries"],"dc:rights":["IN COPYRIGHT- This Rights Statement can be used for an Item that is in copyright. Using this statement implies that the organization making this Item available has determined that the Item is in copyright and either is the rights-holder, has obtained permission from the rights-holder(s) to make their Work(s) available, or makes the Item available under an exception or limitation to copyright (including Fair Use) that entitles it to make the Item available."],"dc:rights.uri":["http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/"],"dc:subject":["Religion","Psychology, Developmental","Spirituality","Autobiography","Catholicism","Catholics","Conversion","Postconciliar","Young Adult"],"dc:title":["Becoming Catholic: Story, Sacrament, Conversion and the Emergence of Faith in Postconciliar Autobiographies"],"dc:type":["Text"]},"updated_at":"2026-07-27T21:21:50Z"}