Community imagination as a social process : the case of a protestant church community.

Community imagination as a social process : the case of a protestant church community.

This article reanalyzes the dynamics of imagination in Benedict Anderson's framework on imagined communities. Past treatments of community imagination are found to be premised on a binary dynamic of existent/non-existent. This article studies ideological schemata and imagination management in a...

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Main Author: Ong, Yan Sen.
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Final Year Project
Language:English
Published: 2012
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48273
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spelling sg-ntu-dr.10356-482732019-12-10T11:18:31Z Community imagination as a social process : the case of a protestant church community. Ong, Yan Sen. School of Humanities and Social Sciences Muhammad Saidul Islam DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology This article reanalyzes the dynamics of imagination in Benedict Anderson's framework on imagined communities. Past treatments of community imagination are found to be premised on a binary dynamic of existent/non-existent. This article studies ideological schemata and imagination management in a Protestant church community to structure a process-oriented framework that recognizes imagination as a field of heterogeneity and volatility. It ultimately argues for viewing imagination as a social process. This has significant implications for community integrity as well as potential as a practical model for future research and application. Bachelor of Arts 2012-04-03T04:34:30Z 2012-04-03T04:34:30Z 2012 2012 Final Year Project (FYP) http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48273 en Nanyang Technological University 33 p. application/pdf
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Ong, Yan Sen.
Community imagination as a social process : the case of a protestant church community.
description This article reanalyzes the dynamics of imagination in Benedict Anderson's framework on imagined communities. Past treatments of community imagination are found to be premised on a binary dynamic of existent/non-existent. This article studies ideological schemata and imagination management in a Protestant church community to structure a process-oriented framework that recognizes imagination as a field of heterogeneity and volatility. It ultimately argues for viewing imagination as a social process. This has significant implications for community integrity as well as potential as a practical model for future research and application.
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