Is Spiritual But Not Religious' a Replacement for Religion or Just One Step on the Path Between Religion and Non-religion?
We analyze survey data collected from six universities in the United States, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (n = 6571). Survey respondents were asked to self-identify as spiritual and religious, spiritual but not religious, religious but not spiritual or not religious or spiritual. Using a batt...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Review of religious research
Year: 2018, Volume: 60, Issue: 4, Pages: 503-518 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Scandinavia (motif)
/ USA
/ Spirituality
/ Religiosity
/ SBNR
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| IxTheo Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBE Northern Europe; Scandinavia KBQ North America |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B spiritual but not religious B SBNR B Europe B Scandinavia |
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| Summary: | We analyze survey data collected from six universities in the United States, Sweden, Norway, and Denmark (n = 6571). Survey respondents were asked to self-identify as spiritual and religious, spiritual but not religious, religious but not spiritual or not religious or spiritual. Using a battery of items describing both religious and spiritual beliefs, we uncover which beliefs are most regularly shared by persons choosing each of the four self-identity labels. Even though American students are generally more religious than the Scandinavian students, we find that three of the four self-identity labels have quite similar meanings across cultural settings. Factor analyzing the belief items, we find two latent factors that we label as religio-spirituality and anti-institutional spirituality. However, when plotted in a two-dimensional space defined by these two latent factors, respondents in each of the four self-identity categories mostly align along a single continuum from spiritual and religious to not spiritual or religious. Nevertheless, the spiritual but not religious students stand out for their high scores on anti-institutional spirituality. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-018-0342-9 |