Introducing the Astley-Francis Theology of Religions Index: construct validity among 13- to 15-year-old students
The "theology of religions" is concerned with the interpretation and evaluation of the divergent truth-claims and views of salvation that are asserted or implied by different religious traditions. This study proposes a new multi-choice index that distinguishes between six current positions...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
| Check availability: | HBZ Gateway |
| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2016]
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| In: |
Journal of beliefs and values
Year: 2016, Volume: 37, Issue: 1, Pages: 29-39 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Youth (14-21 years) (13-15 Jahre)
/ Truth
/ Expectation of salvation
/ Theology of religions
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| IxTheo Classification: | AA Study of religion AH Religious education FD Contextual theology |
| Further subjects: | B
Empirical Theology
B psychology of religion B theology of religions B Construct Validity |
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Presumably Free Access Volltext (Publisher) |
| Summary: | The "theology of religions" is concerned with the interpretation and evaluation of the divergent truth-claims and views of salvation that are asserted or implied by different religious traditions. This study proposes a new multi-choice index that distinguishes between six current positions within the theology of religions, characterised as Atheism, Agnosticism, Exclusionism, Inclusivism, Pluralism, and Interreligious perspective, with a further subdivision between two expressions of the pluralism perspective. The construct validity of this new measure is supported by the performance of the instrument in respect of a network of theories (regarding how these different positions may relate to the factors of sex, age, personal religiosity and attitude toward religious diversity) among a sample of 10,754 13- to 15-year-old students from England, Northern Ireland, Scotland and Wales. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9362 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2016.1141527 |
