Religion inside and outside traditional institutions / edited by Heinz Streib.

• Superior document: Empirical studies in theology, v. 15
• Author: International Society for Empirical Research in Theology. Conference
• TeilnehmendeR: Streib, Heinz, 1951-
• Year of Publication: 2007
• Edition: 1st ed.
• Language: English
• Series: Empirical studies in theology ; v. 15.
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (328 p.)
• Notes: "This volume has grown out of and includes contributions to the second conference of the International Society for Empirical Research in Theology which took place in April 2004 in Bielefeld, Germany"--P. 3.

Changes in the religious landscape present challenges to conceptualization, methodology and empirical research of religion. The volume, Religion inside and outside Traditional Institutions , which includes contributions to the 2nd conference of the International Society for Empirical Research in Theology (ISERT) in Bielefeld, Germany, responds to these contemporary challenges. While the concept of religious praxis is their common theme, they include a focus on deinstitutionalized religion. The contributions in the first part present and discuss a variety of innovative conceptual, paradigmatic and methodological approaches. Distinguished reports from quantitative and qualitative empirical research make up the second part of this volume. Taken together, they may inspire conceptual and methodological discussion and encourage further research in empirical theology. Contributors include: Johannes A. van der Ven, Leslie J. Francis, Hans-Günter Heimbrock, Tobias Kläden, Chris Hermans, Hans Schilderman, Kees de Groot, Don S. Browning, Stefan Huber, Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Anke Terörde, Angela Kaupp, Astrid Dinter, Carsten Gennerich.

Table of Contents

Introduction / Heinz Streib --Three paradigms for the study of religion / Johannes A. van der Ven -- Empirical theology: defining the task and selecting the tools / Leslie J. Francis -- From action to lived experience: considering methodological problems of modern practical theology / Hans-Günter Heimbrock -- Empirical theology and brain research / Tobias Kläden -- Practical theology theory-building based on a pragmatic notion of weak rationality / Chris Hermans -- Ritual praxis: defining passage rites from an action perspective / Hans Schilderman -- Religious praxis, de-institutionalized: theoretical and empirical considerations / Heinz Streib -- Rethinking church in liquid modernity / Kees de Groot -- Empirical considerations in religious praxis and reflection in the teaching situation: a conceptual map / Don Browning -- Are religious beliefs relevant in daily life? / Stefan Huber -- Religious development in a lifespan perspective / Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Tobias Kläden & Anke Terörde -- Religiosity and gender identity of female adolescents: narrative religious identity of young Catholic women / Angela Kaupp -- Adolescents and computer-based new media: paradigmatic insights of an empirical field study on the structure of empirical theology / Astrid Dinter -- Predicting trust in the pastor : a German study / Carsten Gennerich.