Leitmotifs in Life Stories : Developments and Stabilities of Religiosity and Narrative Identity / Ramona Bullik.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Bullik, Ramona, Author.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (352 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Bielefeld : Bielefeld University Press, [2024]

Language Note:

In English.

Summary:

Faith Development Interviews offer great insight into people's ways of (non-)religious meaning-making, and of looking at their life and relationships. Ramona Bullik portrays nine longitudinal case studies in a mixed-methods design with narrative analysis granting insight into the developments and stabilities in the interviews. The focus on religious married couples allows to carve out the role of faith and the changing view on the spouse and the joint life. The portraits of three non-religious women show how meaning is made outside the frame of organized religion. Individual survey data are put into relation with a larger sample, answering the claim for idiothetic research.

Contents:

Frontmatter

Contents

Acknowledgments

1. Introduction

Introduction

Notes

2. Theoretical Approach: Narrative and Religious Identity

2.1 Narration and Autobiography-Making Sense of One's Own Life

2.2 Autobiographical Reasoning-Creating Coherence and Credibility

2.3 Narrative Identity-Creation and Adaptation of Personal Myths in the Lifespan

2.4 Talking about Religion: From Stages to Styles and Types and the Development of a Religious Identity

3. Couples and Women-A Look into the Research Landscape

3.1 Studying Couples

3.2 Gender Differences in Religiosity and Narrating

3.3 Relevance of my Own Research and Explication of Research Questions

4. Methods

4.1 Sample Description

4.2 Research with the Faith Development Interview

4.3 Inclusion of Selected Scales Based on the Questionnaires

4.4 Triangulation of Longitudinal Data-Putting it All Together

4.5 Structure of the Case Studies

5. Bianca and Jannis-A Catholic Couple in the Family Phase

5.1 Bianca-Negotiating Catholic Faith Within a Secular Society

5.2 Jannis-Finding his Faith Again

5.3 Bianca and Jannis-Comparison and Conclusion

6. Nadine-Spiritual Experiences without a Faith

6.1.1 Nadine's Life Reviews and her Spiritual Experiences

6.1.2 Nadine's Worldview and How She Thinks about Death

6.1.3 Nadine's Development-Triangulating the Data

7. Renate and Richard-A Life Lived for the Welfare of Others?

7.1 Renate-Unfaltering Trust in a Leading God

7.2 Richard-Christian Charity as a Way of Life

7.3 Renate and Richard-Comparison and Conclusion

8. Carola-Abandonment and Self-Perceived Growth

8.1.1 Carola's Life Reviews-Struggling with Losses and Deprivation

8.1.2 Carola's Subjective Religiosity-Being at Odds with God

8.1.3 Carola's Morality and her View on Society-A Critical View on the Current Situation

8.1.4 Carola's Religious and Moral Development-Triangulating the Data

9. Gudrun and Werner-Changing Affiliations, Persisting Beliefs

9.1 Gudrun-God as a Pillar of Strength

9.2 Werner-Seeking Personal Enlightenment

9.3 Gudrun and Werner-Comparison and Conclusion

10. Marion-Focusing on Life and Death

10.1.1 Marion's Life Reviews-Looking Back on Life, Looking Forward to Death

10.1.2 Marion's Relationships-Being a Daughter and Being a Mother

10.1.3 Marion's Spirituality-Finally Finding God?

10.1.4 Marion's Development-Triangulating the Data

11. Synopsis and Outlook

11.1 Talking about One's Life and about Relationships

11.2 Discussing (Non-)Religiosity

11.3 Comparing the Religious and Non-Religious Women

11.4 Narrative Identity and Leitmotifs-Discussing the Results

11.5 Recommendations for Future Research and Concluding Remarks

References

Appendix: BiNCCS (Bielefeld Narrative and Content Coding Scheme)

Notes:

This eBook is made available Open Access under a CC BY-NC-ND 4.0 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (publisher's Web site, viewed 28. Mrz 2024)

ISBN:

9783839471227

3839471222

OCLC:

1428235728