Semantics and Psychology of Spirituality: a Cross-Cultural Analysis

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Front Matter....Pages 1-1
Understanding “Spirituality”—Conceptual Considerations....Pages 3-17
Deconversion and “Spirituality”—Migrations in the Religious Field....Pages 19-26
Investigating “Spirituality”: Between Survey Data and the Study of Biographies....Pages 27-38
Design, Methods, and Sample Characteristics of the Bielefeld-Based Cross-Cultural Study of “Spirituality”....Pages 39-51
Who Is “Spiritual”?....Pages 53-67
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Is “Spirituality” Nothing but “Religion”? An Indirect Measurement Approach....Pages 71-85
Semantic Differentials Open New Perspectives on the Semantic Field of “Spirituality” and “Religion”....Pages 87-103
“Spirituality” and “Religion”—Corpus Analysis of Subjective Definitions in the Questionnaire....Pages 105-123
Dimensions of “Spirituality”: The Semantics of Subjective Definitions....Pages 125-151
“Fuzziness” or Semantic Diversification? Insights About the Semantics of “Spirituality” in Cross-Cultural Comparison (Conclusion)....Pages 153-161
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“Spirituality” and Mysticism....Pages 165-187
Personality Dimensions and Versions of “Spirituality”....Pages 189-203
Religious Schemata and “Spirituality”....Pages 205-218
Coordinates for Mapping “Spirituality”....Pages 219-235
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The Faith Development Interview: Methodological Considerations....Pages 239-249
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Mapping the Varieties of “Spiritual” Biographies....Pages 273-273
“…I Really Did Depend on My Faith in God During that Time … to See the Meaning in My Life.”—Religious Spiritualities....Pages 275-280
“Well, Not a Believer, Meaning That I Have Not Found My Ideal Faith Yet. I Am Seeking.”—Spirituality of Religious Seekers....Pages 281-301
“Whether These Gifts Are from God, from Buddha, from the Universe, I Do Not Care, I Do Not Care at All…”—Quilt Spiritualities....Pages 303-318
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“Experimenting with Ideologies…”—A “More Spiritual Than Religious” Zen Buddhist....Pages 273-273
“…if the Universe Is Beautiful, We’re Part of that Beauty.”—A “Neither Religious nor Spiritual” Biography as Horizontal Transcendence....Pages 339-353
Redrawing the Map: Varieties of “Spiritual,” “Religious” and “Secular” Lives....Pages 355-372
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Religion, Spirituality, and Psychological Crisis....Pages 381-381
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The Contribution of the Study of “Spirituality” to the Psychology of Religion: Conclusions and Future Prospects....Pages 401-436
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