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1 online resource. |
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Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed October 20, 2015). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book examines what people mean when they say they are spiritual. It looks at the semantics of spirituality, the visibility of reasons for spiritual preference in biographies, in psychological dispositions, in cultural differences between Germany and the US, and in gender differences. It also examines the kind of biographical consequences that are associated with spirituality. The book reports the results of an online-questionnaire filled out by 773 respondents in Germany and 1113 in the US, personal interviews with a selected group of more than 100 persons, and an experiment. Based on the data collected, it reports results that are relevant for a number of scientific and practical disciplines. It makes a contribution to the semantics of everyday religious language and to the cross-cultural study of religion, and to many related fields as well, because spirituality is evaluated in relation to personality, mysticism, well-being, religious styles, generativity, attachment, biography and atheism. The book draws attention to the new and ever changing ́ℓℓ ways in which people give names to their ultimate concern and symbolize their experiences of transcendence. |
| Contents |
Part I: Points of departure. Understanding "spirituality"--conceptual considerations / Heinz Streib and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; Deconversion and "spirituality"--migrations in the religious field / Heinz Streib, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Barbara Keller ; Investigating "spirituality" : between survey data and the study of biographies / Heinz Streib, Constantin Klein and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; Design, methods, and sample characteristics of the Bielefeld-based cross-cultural study of "spirituality" / Barbara Keller, Heinz Streib, Christopher F. Silver, Constantin Klein and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; Who Is "spiritual"? / Barbara Keller, Constantin Klein, Anne Swhajor-Biesemann and Heinz Streib -- Part II: Semantics of "spirituality". Is "spirituality" nothing but "religion"? An indirect measurement approach / Constantin Klein, Ralph W. Hood, Christopher F. Silver, Barbara Keller and Heinz Streib ; Semantic differentials open new perspectives on the semantic field of "spirituality" and "religion" / Heinz Streib, Barbara Keller, Constantin Klein, Anne Swhajor-Biesemann and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; "Spirituality" and "Religion"--corpus analysis of subjective definitions in the questionnaire / Stefan Altmeyer and Constantin Klein ; Dimensions of "spirituality" : the semantics of subjective definitions / Clemens Eisenmann, Constantin Klein, Anne Swhajor-Biesemann, Uwe Drexelius, Barbara Keller and Heinz Streib ; "Fuzziness" or semantic diversification? Insights about the semantics of "spirituality" in cross-cultural comparison (conclusion) / Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Heinz Streib -- Part III: Measuring characteristics and effects of "Spirituality". "Spirituality" and mysticism / Constantin Klein, Christopher F. Silver, Heinz Streib, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Thomas J. Coleman III ; Personality dimensions and versions of "spirituality" / Heinz Streib, Constantin Klein and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; Religious schemata and "Spirituality" / Heinz Streib, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Constantin Klein ; Coordinates for mapping "spirituality" / Heinz Streib and Ralph W. Hood Jr. -- Part IV: Biographical analyses--methodological perspectives. The faith development interview : methodological considerations / Heinz Streib, Michele Wollert and Barbara Keller ; Narrative reconstruction and content analysis in the interpretation of "spiritual" biographical trajectories for case studies / Barbara Keller, Thomas J. Coleman III and Christopher F. Silver -- Part V: Varieties of "spiritual" biographies. Mapping the varieties of "spiritual" biographies / Barbara Keller, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Heinz Streib ; "&I really did depend on my faith in God during that time & to see the meaning in my life."--religious spiritualities / Michele Wollert and Barbara Keller ; "Well, not a believer, meaning that I have not found my ideal faith yet. I am seeking."--spirituality of religious seekers / Michele Wollert and Barbara Keller ; "Whether these gifts are from God, from Buddha, from the universe, I do not care, I do not care at all&"--quilt spiritualities / Barbara Keller and Michele Wollert ; "Experimenting with ideologies&"--a "more spiritual than religious" Zen Buddhist / Thomas J. Coleman III, Anne Swhajor-Biesemann, Derek Giamundo, Christopher Vance, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Christopher F. Silver ; "&if the universe is beautiful, we're part of that beauty."a "neither religious nor spiritual" biography as horizontal transcendence / Thomas J. Coleman III, Christopher F. Silver and Ralph W. Hood Jr. ; Redrawing the map : varieties of "spiritual," "Religious" and "secular" lives / Barbara Keller, Heinz Streib and Ralph W. Hood -- Part VI: Consequences of being "spiritual". Faith development, religious styles, and "spirituality" / Heinz Streib, Michele Wollert and Barbara Keller ; Positive adult development and "spirituality" : psychological well-being, generativity, and emotional stability / Constantin Klein, Barbara Keller, Christopher F. Silver, Ralph W. Hood Jr. and Heinz Streib ; Religion, spirituality, and psychological crisis / Barbara Keller, Matthew Durham and Femke Houben -- Part VII: Conclusion. The contribution of the study of "spirituality" to the psychology of religion : conclusions and future prospects / Ralph W. Hood Jr., Heinz Streib, Barbara Keller and Constantin Klein. |
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Spirituality -- Cross-cultural studies.
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Spirituality -- Germany.
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Spirituality -- United States.
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Inspiration & Personal Growth
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BODY, MIND & SPIRIT / Spirituality / General
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RELIGION / Christianity / General
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RELIGION / Devotional
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RELIGION / Spirituality
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Spirituality. (OCoLC)fst01130186
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Germany. (OCoLC)fst01210272
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United States. (OCoLC)fst01204155
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| Genre/Form |
Cross-cultural studies. (OCoLC)fst01423769
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Electronic books.
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Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Streib, Heinz, 1951- editor.
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Hood, Ralph W., Jr., 1942- editor.
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| Other Form: |
Original 3319212443 9783319212449 (OCoLC)910979884 |
| ISBN |
9783319212456 electronic bk. |
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9783319212449 |
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3319212443 |
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3319212451 electronic bk. |
| Standard No. |
10.1007/978-3-319-21245-6 doi |
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