On becoming a witness : religious conversion into the Jehovah's witnesses in Singapore.

• Main Author: Iris Carla De Jesus.
• Other Authors: Zhou Wubiao
• Format: Final Year Project
• Language: English
• Published: 2012
• Subjects: DRNTU::Social sciences::Sociology
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/10356/48274
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

The aim of this paper is to understand why some Singaporeans decide to convert into a Christian sect called the Jehovah’s Witnesses and adopt certain unconventional lifestyles, despite it being banned and de-registered in Singapore. This study will be on the premise of Starke and Finke’s (2000) micr...