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پدید آورنده
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رده
کتابخانه
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NATIONAL BIBLIOGRAPHY NUMBER
Number
LA109008
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انگلیسی
TITLE AND STATEMENT OF RESPONSIBILITY
Title Proper
The Semantics of 'Spirituality' and Related Self-Identifications:
General Material Designation
[Article]
Other Title Information
A Comparative Study in Germany and the USA
First Statement of Responsibility
Barbara Keller, Constantin Klein, Anne Swhajor-Biesemann, et al.
.PUBLICATION, DISTRIBUTION, ETC
Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.
Leiden
Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.
Brill
SUMMARY OR ABSTRACT
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Culturally different connotations of basic concepts challenge the comparative study of religion. Do persons in Germany or in the United States refer to the same concepts when talking about 'spirituality' and 'religion'? Does it make a difference how they identify themselves? The Bielefeld-Chattanooga Cross-Cultural Study on 'Spirituality' includes a semantic differential approach for the comparison of self-identified "neither religious nor spiritual", "religious", and "spiritual" persons regarding semantic attributes attached to the concepts 'religion' and 'spirituality' in each research context. Results show that 'spirituality' is used as a broader concept than 'religion'. Regarding religion, semantics attributed by self-identified religious persons differ significantly from those of the spiritual persons. The 'spiritual' and the 'religious' groups agree on semantics attributed to spirituality but differ from the 'neither spiritual nor religious' group. Qualifications of differences and agreements become visible from the comparison between the United States and Germany. It is argued for the semantically sensitive study of culturally situated 'spiritualities'. Culturally different connotations of basic concepts challenge the comparative study of religion. Do persons in Germany or in the United States refer to the same concepts when talking about 'spirituality' and 'religion'? Does it make a difference how they identify themselves? The Bielefeld-Chattanooga Cross-Cultural Study on 'Spirituality' includes a semantic differential approach for the comparison of self-identified "neither religious nor spiritual", "religious", and "spiritual" persons regarding semantic attributes attached to the concepts 'religion' and 'spirituality' in each research context. Results show that 'spirituality' is used as a broader concept than 'religion'. Regarding religion, semantics attributed by self-identified religious persons differ significantly from those of the spiritual persons. The 'spiritual' and the 'religious' groups agree on semantics attributed to spirituality but differ from the 'neither spiritual nor religious' group. Qualifications of differences and agreements become visible from the comparison between the United States and Germany. It is argued for the semantically sensitive study of culturally situated 'spiritualities'.
SET
Date of Publication
2013
Physical description
71-100
Title
Archive for the Psychology of Religion
Volume Number
35/1
International Standard Serial Number
1573-6121
UNCONTROLLED SUBJECT TERMS
Subject Term
cross-cultural
Subject Term
religion
Subject Term
religiosity
Subject Term
semantic differential
Subject Term
semantics
Subject Term
spirituality
PERSONAL NAME - PRIMARY RESPONSIBILITY
Anne Swhajor-Biesemann
Barbara Keller
Christopher F. Silver
Constantin Klein
Heinz Streib
Ralph Hood
LOCATION AND CALL NUMBER
Call Number
10.1163/15736121-12341254
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[Article]
275578
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