Empirical theology in texts and tables : qualitative, quantitative and comparative perspectives / / edited by Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins, Jeff Astley.

• Superior document: Empirical studies in theology, v. 17
• Author: ProQuest (Firm)
• TeilnehmendeR: Francis, Leslie J.; Robbins, Mandy.; Astley, Jeff.; ProQuest (Firm)
• Year of Publication: 2009
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical studies in theology ; v. 17.
• Physical Description: xv, 406 p. :; ill.

Table of Contents

Theoretical perspectives -- Establishing truth from participation and distanciation in empirical theology / Jaco S. Dreyer -- Truth and method in empirical theology / Hans Schilderman -- Religious identity in comparative research / Johannes A. van der Ven -- Epistemological reflections on the connection between ideas and data in empirical research into religion / Chris A.M. Hermans -- Towards a generic model of religious ritual / Hans Schilderman -- Comparative empirical research in religion : conceptual and operational challenges within empirical theology / Leslie J. Francis -- Qualitative perspectives -- Adolescents' views of denominational identities and of dialogical religious education : an empirical study from Germany / Friedrich Schweitzer -- Ordinary soteriology : a qualitative study / Ann Christie and Jeff Astley -- Narrative competence and the meaning of life : measuring the quality of life stories in a project on care for the elderly / Thijs Tromp and R. Ruard Ganzevoort -- The theological case for Christian schools in England and Wales : a qualitative perspective listening to female alumnae / Tania ap Sion, Leslie J. Francis and Sylvia Baker -- Quantitative perspectives -- Faith or morality? 'Theological sediments' depending on the centrality, content, and social context of personal religious construct systems / Stefan Huber and Constantin Klein -- Socialisation and empirical-theological models of the Trinity : a study among theology students in the United Kingdom / Mark J. Cartledge -- Religious socialisation in the family : a multi-dimensional and multi-level perspective / Sabine Zehnder Grob, Christoph Morgenthaler and Christoph Kappler -- Apostolic networks in Britain : personality and praxis / William K. Kay -- Xenophobia and religious pluralism : an empirical study among youth in Germany / Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Ulrich Riegel -- A church divided by theology and practice : the case of the admission of children to communion in the church in Wales / Keith Littler.