Spirituality: What Does it Mean and to Whom?
While there is increasing interest in the topic of spirituality, scholars have limited data on its meaning among ordinary Americans. Based on an open-ended question in a new nationally representative survey, this article documents the elements that make up people's views of spirituality. We fin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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[2018]
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Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2018, Volume: 57, Issue: 3, Pages: 450-472 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Spirituality
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| IxTheo Classification: | AG Religious life; material religion CB Christian life; spirituality |
| Further subjects: | B
Spirituality
B Survey B American B Meaning |
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| Summary: | While there is increasing interest in the topic of spirituality, scholars have limited data on its meaning among ordinary Americans. Based on an open-ended question in a new nationally representative survey, this article documents the elements that make up people's views of spirituality. We find that theism is the dominant focus of American spirituality, with a relatively small percentage of people offering exclusively immanent descriptions. Cognitive and relational orientations are more prominent than behavioral or ethical orientations. Using latent class analysis, we identify seven distinctive views of spirituality that vary considerably in their prevalence and social profiles. Binary logit regression shows that spiritual self-identification, belief in God, and worship attendance are the religious factors most strongly associated with views of spirituality. Among sociodemographic predictors, significant associations with gender, race, education, and income are limited or absent. In contrast, the influences of age and political ideology are more substantial. |
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| ISSN: | 1468-5906 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12534 |