Being 'Spiritual' and Being 'Religious' in Europe: Diverging Life Orientations
The present study shows that being spiritual' and being religious' are becoming different life orientations for a large part of the population. As far as we know, for the first time, a sample from an European country shows that these orientations are reflected in two coherent clusters of...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Carfax Publ.
[2013]
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Journal of contemporary religion
Year: 2013, Volume: 28, Issue: 1, Pages: 15-32 |
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| Summary: | The present study shows that being spiritual' and being religious' are becoming different life orientations for a large part of the population. As far as we know, for the first time, a sample from an European country shows that these orientations are reflected in two coherent clusters of beliefs, experiences, and practices of what we call new spirituality' on the one hand and traditional, church-related religion' on the other hand. In addition, it appears that only spiritual' (and not religious') people and only religious' (and not spiritual') people have less intensive' spiritual/religious lives than people who describe themselves as both spiritual and religious'. The both' category is not homogenous, probably as a result of the different associations which its members have of the conceptions of spiritual' and religious'. The people in this category can be sub-divided in two sub-groups which show different profiles. |
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| ISSN: | 1469-9419 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of contemporary religion
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/13537903.2013.750829 |