Table of Contents

Contents - 8 ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS - 12 CH. 1: SETTING THE STAGE - 16 CH. 2: THE EVANGELICAL MOVEMENT IN THE NETHERLANDS - 24 CH. 3: ON SUBJECTIVIZATION - 44 CH. 4: STUDYING RELIGIOUS SUBJECTIVIZATION - 68 CH. 5: YOUNGSTERS AND THE RELIGIOUS ORGANISATION - 96 CH. 6: OBJECTIFYING GOD: ON SIGNIFICATION (I) - 134 CH. 7: THE EVANGELICAL PRACTICE OF RELIGIOUS MEDIATION: ON SIGNIFICATION (II) - 160 CH. 8: THE EVANGELICAL MORAL ETHOS - 178 CH. 9: SELFATION: CONCLUSIONS AND DISCUSSION - 202 REFERENCES - 216 APPENDICES - 228 NEDERLANDSE SAMENVATTING - 234

About the Author

Johan Roeland (1977) obtained his masters degree in Theology. He worked as a PhD candidate at the Department of Social and Cultural Anthropology (Faculty of Social Sciences) of VU University Amsterdam. He is currently affiliated to the Department of Sociology of Erasmus University Rotterdam.