Research in the social scientific study of religion. / Volume 17 / / edited by Ralph L. Piedmont.

• TeilnehmendeR: Piedmont, Ralph L., 1958-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion ; 17.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (292 p.)
• Notes: Includes index.

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR) publishes reports of innovative studies that pertain empirically or theoretically to the scientific study of religion, including spirituality, regardless of their academic discipline or professional orientation. This volume of RSSSR contains articles on conversion narratives of Jehovah's witnesses, belief in an active Satan, afterlife beliefs, religiosity and parenting and spirituality as coping resource.

Table of Contents

An Analysis of Conversion Narratives of Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Relationships to Stages of Religious Judgment. -- Ines W. Jindra -- Intolerance Toward Others and Belief in an Active Satan. -- Keith M. Wilson, Jennifer L. Acord, and Ronan S. Bernas -- Transgression and Transformation: Spiritual Resources for Coping with a Personal Offense. -- Kelly M. McConnell, Maria R. Gear, and Kenneth I. Pargament -- Religion and Ethnicity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia. -- William L. Smith and Barbara Hendry -- Prayer, Purpose in Life, Personality and Social Attitudes Among non-Churchgoing 13- to 15-year-olds in England and Wales. -- Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins -- Biblical Interpretive Horizons and Ordinary Readers: An empirical study. -- Andrew Village -- A Factor Analysis of the Fetzer/NIA Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (MMRS). -- Ralph L. Piedmont, Anna Teresa Mapa, and Joseph E.G. Williams -- Variant Uses of Religious Beliefs to Justify Social Attitudes. -- Mark M. Leach, Jacob J. Levy, and Lisa Denton -- The Role of Religiosity in Parenting Young Children. -- Bonnie C. Nicholson and Leah McMorris -- Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames: Afterlife Beliefs of Catholic and Protestant Undergraduates. -- Julie Juola Exline and Ann Marie Yali -- The Relationship between Parental Images and Ministerial Job Satisfaction. -- Douglan W. Turton and Leslie J. Francis.