Research in the social scientific study of religion. Volume 17 / edited by Ralph L. Piedmont.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Piedmont, Ralph L., 1958-

Series:

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion ; 17.

Research in the social scientific study of religion ; v. 17

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Religion and sociology.

Religion.

Social sciences.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (292 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Other Title:

Social scientific study of religion

Place of Publication:

Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2007.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Research in the Social Scientific Study of Religion (RSSSR) publishes reports of innovative studies that pertain empirically or theoretically to the scientific study of religion, including spirituality, regardless of their academic discipline or professional orientation. This volume of RSSSR contains articles on conversion narratives of Jehovah's witnesses, belief in an active Satan, afterlife beliefs, religiosity and parenting and spirituality as coping resource.

Contents:

An Analysis of Conversion Narratives of Jehovah's Witnesses and Their Relationships to Stages of Religious Judgment.

Ines W. Jindra

Intolerance Toward Others and Belief in an Active Satan.

Keith M. Wilson, Jennifer L. Acord, and Ronan S. Bernas

Transgression and Transformation: Spiritual Resources for Coping with a Personal Offense.

Kelly M. McConnell, Maria R. Gear, and Kenneth I. Pargament

Religion and Ethnicity Among Irish Americans in Savannah, Georgia.

William L. Smith and Barbara Hendry

Prayer, Purpose in Life, Personality and Social Attitudes Among non-Churchgoing 13- to 15-year-olds in England and Wales.

Leslie J. Francis and Mandy Robbins

Biblical Interpretive Horizons and Ordinary Readers: An empirical study.

Andrew Village

A Factor Analysis of the Fetzer/NIA Brief Multidimensional Measure of Religiousness/Spirituality (MMRS).

Ralph L. Piedmont, Anna Teresa Mapa, and Joseph E.G. Williams

Variant Uses of Religious Beliefs to Justify Social Attitudes.

Mark M. Leach, Jacob J. Levy, and Lisa Denton

The Role of Religiosity in Parenting Young Children.

Bonnie C. Nicholson and Leah McMorris

Heaven's Gates and Hell's Flames: Afterlife Beliefs of Catholic and Protestant Undergraduates.

Julie Juola Exline and Ann Marie Yali

The Relationship between Parental Images and Ministerial Job Satisfaction.

Douglan W. Turton and Leslie J. Francis.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Includes index.

ISBN:

1-281-45781-7

9786611457815

90-474-1141-2

OCLC:

319492663

Publisher Number:

10.1163/9789047411413 DOI