Changes in the religious landscape present challenges to conceptualization, methodology and empirical research of religion. The volume, Religion inside and outside Traditional Institutions, which includes contributions to the 2nd conference of the International Society for Empirical Research in Theology (ISERT) in Bielefeld, Germany, responds to these contemporary challenges. While the concept of religious praxis is their common theme, they include a focus on deinstitutionalized religion. The contributions in the first part present and discuss a variety of innovative conceptual, paradigmatic and methodological approaches. Distinguished reports from quantitative and qualitative empirical research make up the second part of this volume. Taken together, they may inspire conceptual and methodological discussion and encourage further research in empirical theology. Contributors include: Johannes A. van der Ven, Leslie J. Francis, Hans-Günter Heimbrock, Tobias Kläden, Chris Hermans, Hans Schilderman, Kees de Groot, Don S. Browning, Stefan Huber, Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Anke Terörde, Angela Kaupp, Astrid Dinter, Carsten Gennerich.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
Introduction
1 Heinz Streib Theoretical Perspectives: Account for Religious Praxis and De-Institutionalized Religion in Empirical Theology Three Paradigms for the Study of Religion
7 Johannes A. van der Ven Empirical Theology: Defining the Task and Selecting the Tools
35 Leslie J. Francis From Action to Lived Experience: Considering Methodological Problems of Modern Practical Theology
55 Hans-Gunter Heimbrock Empirical Theology and Brain Research
79 Tobias Kladen Practical Theology Theory-Building Based on a Pragmatic Notion of Weak Rationality
93 Chris Hermans Ritual Praxis. Defining Passage Rites from an Action Perspective
125 Hans Schilderman Religious Praxis-De-Institutionalized. Theoretical and Empirical Considerations
147 Heinz Streib Rethinking Church in Liquid Modernity
175 Kees de Groot Empirical Considerations in Religious Praxis and Reflection in the Teaching Situation: A Conceptual Map
193 Don Browning Empirical Results on Religious Praxis and De-Institutionalized Religion Are Religious Beliefs Relevant In Daily Life?
209 Stefan Huber Religious Development in a Lifespan Perspective
231 Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Tobias Kladen & Anke Terorde Religiosity and Gender Identity of Female Adolescents. Narrative Religious Identity of Young Catholic Woman
247 Angela Kaupp Adolescents and Computer-Based New Media. Paradigmatic Insights of an Empirical Field Study on the Structure of Empirical Theology
269 <i.Astrid Dinter Predicting Trust in the Pastor-A German Study
291 Carsten Gennerich Author's Biographies
317 Index
