The Public Significance of Religion (Empirical Studies in Theology)

Contents......Page 6
Preface......Page 8
Contributors......Page 10
Hans-Georg Ziebertz, Dispute about the Public Significance of Religion: An Opening Reflection......Page 14
Richard R. Osmer, Conservative Christianity in the USA: Interpretive and Normative Perspectives......Page 32
Hans Schilderman, Religious Capital and Public Accountability: Challenges to Empirical Theology......Page 54
David Herbert, A Sociological Perspective on the Public Significance of Religion: From Secularization to ‘Publicization’......Page 78
R. Ruard Ganzevoort, Framing the Gods: The Public Significance of Religion from a Cultural Point of View......Page 108
Johannes A. (Hans) van der Ven, Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Religion: Left to the Gods? An Empirical Study among Dutch Young People......Page 134
Hans Schilderman, Varieties of Religious Solidarity......Page 182
Ulla Schmidt, Church, Public and Bioethics: Religion’s Construction of Public Significance through the Bioethical Discourse......Page 204
Andrew Village, Factors Predicting Engagement with Society among Anglicans in England......Page 228
Christine E. Brewster et al., Maintaining a Public Ministry in Rural England: Work-related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-Church Benefices......Page 254
Mandy Robbins, The Changing Public Face of the Church of England: The Changing Experiences of Clergywomen......Page 280
Emyr Williams and Leslie J. Francis, The Public Significance of Religion and the Changing Context of Family Life in Britain 1983–2005: An Examination of Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce......Page 300
Tania ap Siôn, Interpreting God’s Activity in the Public Square: Accessing the Ordinary Theology of Personal Prayer......Page 328
Chris A.M. Hermans et al., How Christian Students in Tamil Nadu Think about Power-Driven Religious Conflicts: A Meaning-System Approach......Page 356
Francis-Vincent Anthony et al.,, Cross-Religious Participation in Rituals and Interpretation of Religious Pluralism: A Comparative Study among Christian, Muslim and Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India......Page 392
Ulrich Riegel, Plurality in Unity: A Comparative, Quantitative Study Analyzing How Catholic Teachers of Religion from Five European Countries Perceive Other Religions......Page 426
Friedrich Schweitzer, A Public Issue Still Denied: Religion in German Preschool Education......Page 452
Christoph Käppler et al., The Significance of Religion for Adolescents: Conception of and First Results from the VROID-MHAP-Study......Page 474
Subject Index......Page 506