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Abstract | Mark Arduini was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 with a B.A. in American Studies. His honors thesis was "I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community." The collection consists of Mark Arduini's B.A. honors thesis and field interviews conducted under the auspices of the Folklore Curriculum at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Arduini conducted field interviews with members of his church, the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the topic of their personal conversions to Catholicism. The thesis compares the Catholic conversion narratives with the body of theoretical and ethnographic works on Protestant conversion narratives. The individuals interviewed ranged in age from 30 to 85. Most were academics, other professionals or retired. Before converting to Catholicism, the consultants came from a variety of different religious backgrounds, though primarily from Protestant Christian traditions. |
Creator | Arduini, Mark. |
Curatorial Unit | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Folklife Collection. |
Language | English |
Processed by: Elizabeth Matson, June 2003.
Encoded by: Elizabeth Matson, June 2003, and by Alison Waldenberg, July 2006.
Updated by: Nancy Kaiser, February 2021
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Mark Arduini was graduated from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill in 2003 with a B.A. in American Studies. He was drawn to the topic of Catholic conversion narratives after taking several classes that addressed Protestant conversion narratives. As a Catholic, he wondered whether there was a similar tradition of stories within his own faith. The topic was of particular personal interest as his mother, a lifelong Episcopalian, converted to Catholicism at the same time he was conducting his fieldwork for his thesis.
Back to TopMark Arduini conducted field interviews with members of his church, the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish in Chapel Hill, N.C., on the topic of their personal conversions to Catholicism. The recorded interviews became the basis for his honors thesis, "I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community," in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Both the thesis and the field interviews are included in this collection. The thesis compares the Catholic conversion narratives with the body of theoretical and ethnographic works on Protestant conversion narratives. The individuals interviewed ranged in age from 30 to 85. Most were academics, other professionals or retired. Before converting to Catholicism, the consultants came from a variety of different religious backgrounds, though primarily from Protestant Christian traditions.
Back to TopCopy of "I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community," Mark Arduini's 2003 B.A. Honors Thesis in the Curriculum of Folklore at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill.
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"I'm Home! This is Where I Belong: Narratives of Conversion in a Roman Catholic Community" |
Arrangement: chronological.
Catholic conversion narratives that Mark Arduini collected in interviews from Catholic converts belonging to the Newman Catholic Student Center Parish in Chapel Hill, N.C. All interviews were conducted in Chapel Hill, most at the Newman Center. The Newman Center parish priest, Father Phillip Leach, himself a Catholic convert, guided Arduini in his choice of consultants. Full or partial tape transcripts are included for all recordings except for the interviews with Ann Hamrick, Paul Stedman, T. Nelson and Ethel Williams, and Phillip Leach.