عنوان

Conceptions of Spirituality among the Dutch Population

Number

LA109020

.Language of Text, Soundtrack etc

انگلیسی

Title Proper

Conceptions of Spirituality among the Dutch Population

General Material Designation

[Article]

First Statement of Responsibility

Joantine Berghuijs, Jos Pieper, Cok Bakker, et al.

Place of Publication, Distribution, etc.

Leiden

Name of Publisher, Distributor, etc.

Brill

Text of Note

This article explores the conceptions of spirituality in a large and representative sample ( N =2313) of the general population in the Netherlands. Spirituality is described mostly in cognitive terms (54%), especially in the form of general references to a transcendent reality (e.g. 'more between heaven and earth'). Experiential expressions are used in more than a quarter of the descriptions. Important patterns in the descriptions are: spirituality as the transcendent God, spirituality as inwardness, and spirituality as mental health. In the sample, 21% distance themselves from spirituality; among people with a secular outlook this percentage is 35%. We paid special attention to differences in conceptions of spirituality between people inside and outside institutional religious contexts and between people who self-identify as 'spiritual' and those who do not. This article explores the conceptions of spirituality in a large and representative sample ( N =2313) of the general population in the Netherlands. Spirituality is described mostly in cognitive terms (54%), especially in the form of general references to a transcendent reality (e.g. 'more between heaven and earth'). Experiential expressions are used in more than a quarter of the descriptions. Important patterns in the descriptions are: spirituality as the transcendent God, spirituality as inwardness, and spirituality as mental health. In the sample, 21% distance themselves from spirituality; among people with a secular outlook this percentage is 35%. We paid special attention to differences in conceptions of spirituality between people inside and outside institutional religious contexts and between people who self-identify as 'spiritual' and those who do not.

Date of Publication

2013

Physical description

369-397

Title

Archive for the Psychology of Religion

Volume Number

35/3

International Standard Serial Number

1573-6121

Subject Term

coding

Subject Term

definitions

Subject Term

egocentrism

Subject Term

religious affiliation

Subject Term

self-identification

Subject Term

Spirituality

Cok Bakker

Joantine Berghuijs

Jos Pieper

Call Number

10.1163/15736121-12341272

Electronic name

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[Article]

275578

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