Factors Affecting The Religious Conversion Of The Christian Catholic New Believers In Bangkok

Abstract

          The purpose of the research was to 1) study the factors affecting the religious conversion of the Christian Catholic new believers in Bangkok 2) study the process of admitting adults to the Christian Catholic new believers. Affecting the process of religious conversion of the Christian Catholic new believers in Bangkok 3) study problems and obstacles in the religious conversion of The Christian catholic new believers in Bangkok. The study area is 8 catholic churches in the 1st religious area of ​​the Archdiocese of Bangkok. Using integrated research It contains quantitative research from 267 new Catholics and qualitative data collected with the new Catholic Sacrament. With a quota method for 1 person per church, a total of 8 people

          The research findings were as follows: 1) Factors affecting the religious conversion of the Christian Catholic new believers in Bangkok. The first factor is Christian organization factors, namely rituals, religious activities. The environment of the catholic church and public relations communication. The second factor is the internal factor, namely the internal motivation. Experiencing and life crisis. The third factor is an external factor in various dimensions: family dimension, social dimension, community, and cultural dimension. And economic dimensions. The fourth is personal factors: gender, age, education, domicile, occupation, income, and the number of people in the family. Giving basic information about those who decide to change their religion. 2) the process of admitting adults to the Christian Catholic new believers. Affecting the process of religious conversion of the Christian Catholic new believers in Bangkok with a high average The results of the research showed that the Christian Catholic new believers who decided to convert the religion had a preference for the process of admitting adults to the Catholic Church where religious teachings were learned. This includes being in attendance and being close to members of the Catholic Church. This allows the Christian Catholic new believers to make a step-by-step decision to convert to religion for 1 year. 3) Problems and obstacles in the religious conversion of The Christian catholic new believers in Bangkok: 3.1 families who disagree and do not allow them to come to study or change their religion. 3.2 Economic problem, which is the problem of the insufficient cost of living, causing having to work during holidays, Saturday and Sunday. Therefore unable to come to learn religious teachings at the Catholic Church.  3.3 Social aspects as a result of migration to work in the capital, the livelihoods shifted from rural society to urban society where the hustle and bustle were disregarded, causing a feeling of isolation and discouragement to the Christian Catholic new believers. Hope is the result of a changed lifestyle. And wants to seek refuge in the mind