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Format: 1 online resource (395 pages)

Edition: 1st ed.

ISBN: 3-8394-7123-0

Content: How has faith developed in the US and German societies across the last decades? In a three-wave longitudinal investigation of faith development, this study presents the changes of worldview and meaning-making that people associate with their religious, spiritual, agnostic and atheist identifications. For almost two decades, research teams in Chattanooga (USA) and Bielefeld (Germany) have invited and re-invited hundreds of people to participate in a personal interview and to answer an extensive questionnaire in order to better understand the reasons and the consequences of their continuity or discontinuity in religious, spiritual, or non-theistic faith.

Note: Cover -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- References -- I. Part A: Conceptual & -- Methodological Perspectives -- Chapter 1 Religious Styles and Types: Studying Change and Development in Worldview and Faith -- Religious Change and Development - The Focus of Our Research -- Our Contributions in Three Areas of Investigation -- Deconversion -- Spirituality -- Faith Development over Time -- Convergencies: Dynamics and Processes in Personality Psychology -- The Current Formulation of the Structural‐Developmental Model of Faith Development -- Conceptual and Terminological Considerations -- Faith and Religion -- Considering 'Worldview' -- Conclusion -- Recent Clarifications of the Structural‐developmental Model of Styles and Types -- Summary of Religious Styles -- Structure and Structural Differences -- Type Construction -- Direction and Aim of Faith Development -- Logic of Development -- Dialog and Xenosophia -- Outlook: Wisdom and Faith Development - Convergent Perspectives? -- References -- Chapter 2 A Common Core? Ideographic and Nomothetic Evidence for Mystical Experience in Relationship to Religious Styles & -- Types -- Faith Development in Dialogue -- Deconversion Revisited -- Mysticism and the Binary -- Expanding the Binary: Vertical & -- Horizontal -- Mysticism: Walter Stace & -- William James -- Positive Psychology and Faith Development -- William James and Faith Development Theory -- James, Faith Development, and Prejudice -- Faith Development and Second Naïveté: Style 3 & -- Style 5 -- Faith Development: Depth vs. Breadth? -- A Closing Dilemma -- References -- Chapter 3 Identity and Narrative across the Adult Life‑Span - Concepts and Methods for the Study of Worldview and Religion in Consecutive Autobiographical Reconstructions -- Mapping the Development of Faith across the Human Life‐Span. , Religiosity and Worldview in Adult Development: From "Optimal Parallels" … -- … to Complex Trajectories: Stages, Styles and Dynamics -- Narrative and Identity Across the Adult Life Span -- Identity as development task of adolescence and beyond -- Narrative as life story and layer of personality -- Research Method: The Faith Development Interview -- "Interfaces" to current (narrative) approaches in Psychology -- Looking back on looking back: Double diachronicity -- Following Narrative Religious Identities or Worldviews -- Changing Narrative Religious Identities in Changing Social and Historical Contexts -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 4 Mixed‑Method and Longitudinal. Background and Profile of Our Research Design -- Methodological Background -- Pragmatism and Triangulation -- Mixed Methods -- Research Design -- General Features of our Research Design -- Qualitative, Idiographic Approaches to Triangulation -- Quantitative, Nomothetic Approaches to Triangulation -- Triangulation in our Research Design -- Case Example Carola -- Results on Psychometric Scales -- Findings of Structural Analysis -- Findings Narrative and Content Analysis -- Case Discussion and Conclusion -- Conclusion -- References -- II. Part B: Results of Quantitative Analyses Including Qualitative Data -- Chapter 5 The Six Aspects of Faith Development in Longitudinal Analysis -- Introduction -- Meaning and Measurement of the Six Aspects in the FDI -- Perspective‐Taking -- Social Horizon -- Morality -- Locus of Authority -- World Coherence -- Symbolic Function -- The Model of Development and the Hierarchy of Types -- Method -- Participants -- Measures -- Analytic Procedures -- Results -- Differential patterns of faith development -- Predictors of Faith Development -- Discussion. , Stability and Change in Faith Development - Confirmation of a New Perspective without the "Structural Whole" Assumption -- Meaning of the Aspects - Conceptual Implications and Questions -- What Predicts Faith Development? -- Limitations -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 6 Religious or Spiritual? Text Analysis of the Free Entries in Defining Religiosity and Spirituality -- Method -- Data -- Analysis -- Results -- Word Frequency: What Words Define Religion and Spirituality -- 2‐grams: What phrases define religion and spirituality -- Topic modeling: Hidden factors in the definition -- LIWC: Dictionary approach -- Discussion -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 7 Network Analysis of Case Study Petra S.: A Mixed‑Methods Approach -- Method -- Coding Scheme -- Network Data -- Network Analysis -- Network Level -- Node Level -- Network Visualization -- Statistical Testing -- Results -- Network Level Analysis -- Node Level Analysis -- ERGM -- Interpretation of Network Connections -- Discussion -- References -- Chapter 8 Predicting Deconversion. Concurrent and Cross‑Time Correlations in Three Samples -- Introduction -- Method -- Participants -- Measures -- Results -- Concurrent Correlations with Deconversion -- Cross‐wave Predictions of Deconversion -- Discussion -- Comparison of Results with the Deconversion Study -- Discussion of Results in Relation to Other Previous Research -- Conclusion -- References -- III. Part C: Longitudinal Case Studies-Qualitative Analyses Including Quantitative Data -- Chapter 9 Reconstructing Individual Trajectories across Time: A Short History and a Guide to Understanding the Case Studies -- Development of the Case Studies -- Case Studies in Mixed‐Methods Designs of the Research Program -- Capturing Complex Longitudinal Individual Trajectories. , Types of Data, Types of Analysis: Working from Individual toward Typical Trajectories -- What Goes into Longitudinal Case Studies? -- How Research Questions Structure Case Studies: Introducing the Cases -- References -- Chapter 10 Varieties of Non‑Belief in Young Adulthood. A Cross‑Cultural Comparison of Nadine and Isabella -- Selected Results from Survey Data -- Summary of Their Religious Styles and Types -- Early Religious Socialization and Search for Meaning -- 3.1 Nadine -- 3.2 Isabella -- Worldviews without a God -- 4.1 Nadine's Worldview -- Wave 1 -- Wave 2 -- Wave 3 -- 4.2 Isabella's Worldview -- Wave 1 -- Wave 2 -- Wave 3 -- The Meaning of Life and Death -- 5.1 Nadine-Rational Considerations and Emotional Experiences -- 5.2 Isabella-The Beauty of the Universe and Questions of Ultimate Concern -- Comparison-Variations of Non‐Belief in Isabella and Nadine -- References -- Chapter 11 "The Personal is always Connected to Society." The Pro‑Social Values of a Spiritual Atheist. The Case of Petra -- Changes in Survey Results -- Changes in Religious Styles -- Life Review: Secular Seeking -- Relationships: Autonomy and the Struggle with Trust -- Religion and Worldview: Science as Form of Faith -- Values and Commitments: The Impossibility and Striving for the Good Life -- Conclusion -- References -- Chapter 12 Varieties of Being Protestant in the USA and Germany-The Cases of Gisela and George -- Gisela -- Biographical Outline -- Selected Survey Results -- Summary of Gisela's Faith Development -- Gisela's Religiosity and Worldview-A Self‐Chosen Belief in the Love of God -- Wave 1 -- Wave 2 -- Wave 3 -- Narratives: Experiences of Enlightenment -- What Does Community Mean for Gisela? -- Morality and Tolerance-Finding the Core and Focusing on Fairness -- General Interpretation of Gisela's Religious Development -Triangulating the Data -- George. , Biographical Outline -- Selected Survey Results -- Summary of George's Faith Development -- George's Religiosity and Worldview-Fostering Connections to Others -- Wave 1 -- Wave 2 -- Wave 3 -- What Does Community Mean for George? -- George's Moral Perspective and his Approach to Tolerance -- General Interpretation of George's Moral and Spiritual Journey -Triangulating the Data -- Conclusion-Comparing Gisela and George -- References -- Chapter 13 "It's the certainty that my faith reflects a reality that I can't see at the moment, but this is where I'm going" - The Impact of an Exclusivist Faith in Old Age. Comparison of Berthold and Heidemarie -- Introduction -- Changes in Survey Results -- Changes in FDI Profiles -- Life Review: Finding Meaning and Healing through God -- Heidemarie: Turn to God to Find Community and Meaning -- Berthold: Turn to God as Rescue from a Difficult Childhood -- Comparison of Heidemarie and Berthold -- Relationships: God as Reliable Support and Divine Inspiration -- Heidemarie: Security in an Evangelical Identity -- Berthold: Relationship to God Provides Security and Divine Inspiration -- Comparison of Heidemarie and Berthold -- Religion and Values: Finding Certainty in Following Religious Teachings -- Heidemarie: The Word of God as Moral Certainty -- Berthold: The Catholic Church as Infallible Moral Guide -- Comparison of Heidemarie and Berthold -- Conclusion -- References -- IV. Part D: Conclusion -- Chapter 14 Longitudinal Mixed‑method Study of Worldviews and Religious Styles in the Adult Lifespan - Current Conclusions and Future Directions -- Updating the Typology of Trajectories in Faith -- The Cases-Selection and Overview -- Emerging Overarching Themes and Ways to Present One's Worldviews -An Idiothetic Approach -- Trust in Certainty and Doubt -- Dealing with Death and Dying -- The Meaning of Community. , Perspectives on Morality.

Additional Edition: ISBN 3-8376-7123-2

Language: English

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