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Religious identity and national heritage : empirical-theological perspectives / edited by Francis-Vincent Anthony, Hans-Georg Ziebertz.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Empirical studies in theology ; v. 21.Publication details: Leiden ; Boston : Brill, 2012.Description: 1 online resource (ix, 310 pages) : color illustrationsContent type:
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ISBN:
  • 1299397891
  • 9781299397897
  • 9789004228757
  • 9004228756
  • 9789004228788
  • 9004228780
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 201/.7 23
LOC classification:
  • BL53 .I595 2010eb
Other classification:
  • online - EBSCO
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Contents:
Religious Identity and National Heritage; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; International Empirical Research on the Influence of National Culture on Religious Identity; PART ONE: MULTI-RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE; Christian Identity and Indian Heritage: Integration or Disintegration?; The Importance of Agency and Contextual Sensitivity for the Future of Palestinian Christians; Searching for Religious Identity between National and Religious Heritage and Global Expansion; The Relation of Religious Identity and National Heritage among Young Muslims in Germany.
PART TWO: MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL PERSPECTIVEEnglish Anglicanism: Construct Validity of a Scale of Anglo-Catholic versus Evangelical Self-Identification; National Heritage and Spiritual Awareness: A Study in Psychological Type Theory among Visitors to St Davids Cathedral; The Fate of the Rural Anglican Clergy: Caring for More Churches and Experiencing Higher Levels of Stress; Denominational Identity and Cultural Heritage: A Study among Adolescents Attending Protestant and Catholic Secondary Schools in Northern Ireland.
Two Alienation Scenarios: Explaining the Distance between Catholics and Roman Catholic Church in the NetherlandsPART THREE: SECULAR-MODERN PERSPECTIVE; Values Heritage and Diffused Religion; Confirmation Work in Europe Religious Identity, National Heritage, and Civil Society: Insights from an International Empirical and Comparative Study in Seven Countries; Teachers' Attitudes on Religion in Modernity and its Impact on Belief; Atheism and Secularism: Cultural Heritage in East Germany; Secularization as National Heritage? Empirical Research on Religious Education in Eastern Germany; Index.
Summary: What is the interplay between religion and national culture in modern times? Distinguished scholars reflect on this question based on empirical research. They offer a vast set of insights about how religious identity is connected to the national heritage in which people are born and brought up.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Print version record.

Religious Identity and National Heritage; Copyright; Contents; List of Contributors; International Empirical Research on the Influence of National Culture on Religious Identity; PART ONE: MULTI-RELIGIOUS PERSPECTIVE; Christian Identity and Indian Heritage: Integration or Disintegration?; The Importance of Agency and Contextual Sensitivity for the Future of Palestinian Christians; Searching for Religious Identity between National and Religious Heritage and Global Expansion; The Relation of Religious Identity and National Heritage among Young Muslims in Germany.

PART TWO: MULTI-DENOMINATIONAL PERSPECTIVEEnglish Anglicanism: Construct Validity of a Scale of Anglo-Catholic versus Evangelical Self-Identification; National Heritage and Spiritual Awareness: A Study in Psychological Type Theory among Visitors to St Davids Cathedral; The Fate of the Rural Anglican Clergy: Caring for More Churches and Experiencing Higher Levels of Stress; Denominational Identity and Cultural Heritage: A Study among Adolescents Attending Protestant and Catholic Secondary Schools in Northern Ireland.

Two Alienation Scenarios: Explaining the Distance between Catholics and Roman Catholic Church in the NetherlandsPART THREE: SECULAR-MODERN PERSPECTIVE; Values Heritage and Diffused Religion; Confirmation Work in Europe Religious Identity, National Heritage, and Civil Society: Insights from an International Empirical and Comparative Study in Seven Countries; Teachers' Attitudes on Religion in Modernity and its Impact on Belief; Atheism and Secularism: Cultural Heritage in East Germany; Secularization as National Heritage? Empirical Research on Religious Education in Eastern Germany; Index.

What is the interplay between religion and national culture in modern times? Distinguished scholars reflect on this question based on empirical research. They offer a vast set of insights about how religious identity is connected to the national heritage in which people are born and brought up.