Empirical theology in texts and tables qualitative, quantitative and comparative perspectives / [electronic resource] :
edited by Leslie J. Francis, Mandy Robbins, Jeff Astley.
- Leiden ; Boston : Brill, c2009.
- 1 online resource (xv, 406 p.) : ill.
- Empirical studies in theology, v. 17 1389-1189 ; .
- Empirical studies in theology ; v. 17. .
Description based on print version record.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Theoretical perspectives -- Establishing truth from participation and distanciation in empirical theology / Jaco S. Dreyer -- Truth and method in empirical theology / Hans Schilderman -- Religious identity in comparative research / Johannes A. van der Ven -- Epistemological reflections on the connection between ideas and data in empirical research into religion / Chris A.M. Hermans -- Towards a generic model of religious ritual / Hans Schilderman -- Comparative empirical research in religion : conceptual and operational challenges within empirical theology / Leslie J. Francis -- Qualitative perspectives -- Adolescents' views of denominational identities and of dialogical religious education : an empirical study from Germany / Friedrich Schweitzer -- Ordinary soteriology : a qualitative study / Ann Christie and Jeff Astley -- 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 -- The theological case for Christian schools in England and Wales : a qualitative perspective listening to female alumnae / Tania ap Siôn, Leslie J. Francis and Sylvia Baker -- Quantitative perspectives -- Faith or morality? 'Theological sediments' depending on the centrality, content, and social context of personal religious construct systems / Stefan Huber and Constantin Klein -- Socialisation and empirical-theological models of the Trinity : a study among theology students in the United Kingdom / Mark J. Cartledge -- Religious socialisation in the family : a multi-dimensional and multi-level perspective / Sabine Zehnder Grob, Christoph Morgenthaler and Christoph Käppler -- Apostolic networks in Britain : personality and praxis / William K. Kay -- Xenophobia and religious pluralism : an empirical study among youth in Germany / Hans-Georg Ziebertz and Ulrich Riegel -- A church divided by theology and practice : the case of the admission of children to communion in the church in Wales / Keith Littler.