Deconversion: Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the United States of America
by Streib, HeinzFormat: Hardcover
Pub. Date: 2009-12-31
Publisher(s): Isd
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Summary
Deconersion does not mean changing one's church affiliation. Deconversion means detachment from all religious affiliations. This volume summarises the most recent research findings on this phenomenon. It presents 21 Single case studies, qualitative and quantitative results from over 1000 participants in the Bielefeld based crosscultural study on deconversion. The authors look at various fields of deconversion: detachment from churches and established reigious communities but also breakaways from new-religious and fundamentalist groups. It is the objective of the study to anlyse the variety of the deconvert's biographies with a special focus on personality, motivation, religious development, psychological make-up. The results are especially intersting for counselling and pastoral care, for teachers of religious education as well as social and street workers. Book jacket.
Table of Contents
| Foreword | p. 9 |
| Introduction | p. 13 |
| What is Deconversion? - Profiling the Concept | p. 17 |
| From Conversion to Deconversion | p. 18 |
| Conceptualizing Deconversion | p. 21 |
| The Religious Styles Perspective on Deconversion | p. 23 |
| The Variety of Deconversion Trajectories | p. 25 |
| Deconversion as Migration in the Religious Field | p. 28 |
| Empirical Studies on Deconversion | p. 33 |
| Deconversion in the United States: Survey Results | p. 33 |
| Deconversion in Germany: Survey Results | p. 39 |
| Deconversion in Cross-Cultural Perspective | p. 43 |
| Previous Interview Research on Deconversion | p. 45 |
| Our Study: Design, Methods and Sample Characteristics | p. 51 |
| The Qualitative Core of our Design | p. 51 |
| The Basic Unit of Research | p. 53 |
| Methods and Instruments | p. 55 |
| Sample Description and Levels of Analysis | p. 63 |
| Summary of Research Questions and Hypotheses | p. 67 |
| Characteristics and Predictors of Deconversion in Germany and the United States: Quantitative Results | p. 69 |
| Reliabilities and Intercorrelations among the Scales | p. 69 |
| How Deconverts Differ from In-Tradition Members | p. 75 |
| Cross-Cultural Differences: Indications of a Loss for Deconverts in Germany? | p. 80 |
| "More Spiritual than Religious" Self-Identification and Deconversion | p. 82 |
| Summary of Scale Analyses and Group Differences | p. 88 |
| Regression Analysis to Predict Deconversion | p. 90 |
| The Variety of Deconversion Narratives: An Overview from Qualitative Results | p. 93 |
| Qualitative Sample Characteristics and the Evaluation Procedures | p. 93 |
| General Characteristics of the Deconversion Narratives | p. 95 |
| Where Did the Deconverts Go? - Deconversion Trajectories Quantified | p. 97 |
| Deconversion; Transformation in Faith Development and Religious Styles | p. 100 |
| Preparing for Case Study Analyses and our Typology Construction | p. 107 |
| Pursuit of Autonomy | p. 113 |
| "Church for Me right now is Non-existent:1' Gina | p. 113 |
| "Now I'm Kind of just Exploring …." Samantha | p. 119 |
| "It Took Me a Long Time after I Left the Religion to Stop Believing in God:" Timothy | p. 124 |
| Coming-Out and Stepping Out - Issues of (Sexual) Identity: Christoph | p. 128 |
| "Eventually I Became like More and More Critical of My Religion:" Mehmet | p. 133 |
| Conclusion | p. 136 |
| Debarred from Paradise | p. 139 |
| Love and Hate for the Guru-and a Recovery: Pia | p. 139 |
| '…suddenly the Frame of Reference is Missing:" Peter | p. 143 |
| From Feeling Sheltered to Feeling Cheated: Elisabeth | p. 147 |
| "…It's like Watching when Your Relatives Die:" Adam | p. 151 |
| Regretting Lost Years: Franz | p. 156 |
| "Scientology is Very Godless …:" Fiona | p. 159 |
| "I… Noticed a Lot of… Double Standard Moral and a Lot of Dishonesty:" Celia | p. 164 |
| Conclusion | p. 169 |
| Finding a New Frame of Reference | p. 171 |
| "… at that Moment God Spoke to Me" - the End of the Search: Sabina | p. 171 |
| "Inside My self I have this Certainty.…:" Viviane | p. 175 |
| Discovering Intrinsic Religion: Melina | p. 179 |
| "I Became Orthodox … Because ofthat Tradition, the Holy Tradition:" Dan | p. 183 |
| "The Saints Things … is Really Big with Me": Jasmin | p. 188 |
| Conclusion | p. 192 |
| Life-Long Quests - Late Revisions | p. 195 |
| Looking Back on a "Cult" of the Seventies: Erica | p. 195 |
| Midlife Revisions of a Seeker: Tom | p. 199 |
| Synthetic-Conventional Heresy: Gudrun | p. 203 |
| Ongoing Quest and Multiple Deconversions: Konrad | p. 209 |
| Conclusion | p. 216 |
| Deconversion in Biographical and Cultural Perspective: Conclusions and Discussion | p. 217 |
| What is Deconversion? | p. 218 |
| How Does Deconversion Come About? - Motivations and Causes | p. 226 |
| What Does One Get Out of Deconversion? - About Gains and Losses | p. 228 |
| Deconversion Dynamics in the Religious Field | p. 235 |
| Deconversion and Spiritual Quest-An Outlook | p. 239 |
| References | p. 241 |
| List of Figures and Tables | p. 250 |
| Index of Names | p. 253 |
| Index of Subjects | p. 254 |
| Author Information | p. 258 |
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