Empirical theology in texts and tables
Subtitle: qualitative, quantitative, and comparative perspectives
By: edited by Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins, Jeff Astley.
Contributors: Francis, Leslie J.; Robbins, Mandy.; Astley, Jeff.
Series: Empirical studies in theology -- v. 17
Publisher: Brill
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Leiden; Boston
Language: eng
Number of pages: 406
ISBN-13: 9789004168886
Subjects: Empirical theology
Notes: Includes index.
Table of contents: title: Theoretical perspectives; title: Establishing truth from participation and distanciation in empirical theology / Jaco S. Dreyer; title: Truth and method in empirical theology / Hans Schilderman; title: Religious identity in comparative research / Johannes A. van der Ven; title: Epistemological reflections on the connection between ideas and data in empirical research into religion / Chris A.M. Hermans; title: Towards a generic model of religious ritual / Hans Schilderman; title: Comparative empirical research in religion : conceptual and operational challenges within empirical theology / Leslie J. Francis; title: Qualitative perspectives; title: Adolescents' views of denominational identities and of dialogical religious education : an empirical study from Germany / Friedrich Schweitzer; title: Ordinary soteriology : a qualitative study / Ann Christie and Jeff Astley; title: Narrative competence and the meaning of life : measuring the quality of life stories in a project on care for the elderly / Thijs Tromp and R. Ruard Ganzevoort; title: The theological case for Christian schools in England and Eales : a qualitative perspective listening to female alumnae / Tania ap Sion, Leslie J. Francis and Sylvia Baker; title: Quantitative perspectives; title: Faith or morality 'theological sediments' depending on the centrality, content, and social context of personal religious construct systems / Stefan Huber and Constantin Klein; title: Socialisation and empirical-theological models of the Trinity : a study among theology students in the united kingdom / Mark J. Cartledge; title: Religious socialisation in the family : a multi-dimensional and multi-level perspective / Sabine Zehnder Grob, Christoph Morgenthaler and Christoph Kappler; title: Apostolic networks in Britain : personality and praxis / William K. Kay; title: Xenophobia and religious pluralism : an empirical study among youth in Germany / Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Ulrich Riegel; title: A church divided by theology and practice : the case of the admission of children to communion in the church in Wales / Keith Littler.