The Public Significance of Religion
Biographical note
Prof. Dr. Leslie J. Francis, PhD (1976), ScD (1997) in Religious Education, University of Cambridge, DD (2001) in theology, University of Oxford, is Professor of Religions and Education at Warwick University. He has published extensively on practical Theology, religious education, psychology of religion, and empirical theology.
Hans-Georg Ziebertz, PhD, Dr. Habil. in Theology (1990), University of Nijmegen, and Social Sciences/ Pedagogy (1993), University of Tübingen, is Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education at the University of Würzburg. He has published extensively on empirical theology, religious education, and gender and intercultural identity.
Hans-Georg Ziebertz, PhD, Dr. Habil. in Theology (1990), University of Nijmegen, and Social Sciences/ Pedagogy (1993), University of Tübingen, is Professor of Practical Theology and Religious Education at the University of Würzburg. He has published extensively on empirical theology, religious education, and gender and intercultural identity.
Table of contents
1. Preface
2. Contributors
3. Dispute about the Public Significance of Religion: An Opening Reflection.
Hans-Georg Ziebertz
4. Conservative Christianity in the USA: Interpretive and Normative Perspectives
Richard R. Osmer
5. Religious Capital and Public Accountability: Challenges to EmpiricalTheology
Hans Schilderman
6. A Sociological Perspective on the Public Significance of Religion: From Secularisation to ‘Publicisation’
David Herbert
7. Framing the Gods:The Public Significance of Religion from a Cultural Point of View
R. Ruard Ganzevoort
8. Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Religion: Left to the Gods? An Empirical Study among Dutch Young People
Johannes A. van der Ven
9. Varieties of Religious Solidarity
Hans Schilderman
10. Church, Public and Bioethics: Religion’s Construction of Public Significance through the Bioethical Discourse
Ulla Schmidt
11. Factors Predicting Engagement with Society among Anglicans in England
Andrew Village
12. Maintaining a Public Ministry in Rural England:Work-related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-church Benefices
Christine E. Brewster, Leslie J. Francis, and Mandy Robbins
13. The Changing Public Face of the Church of England: The Changing Experiences of Clergywomen
Mandy Robbins
14. The Public Significance of Religion and the Changing Context of Family Life in Britain 1983–2005. An Examination of Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce
Emyr Williams and Leslie J. Francis
15. Interpreting God’s Activity in the Public Square: Accessing the OrdinaryTheology of Personal Prayer
Tania ap Sion
16. How Christian Students in Tamil NaduThink about Power Driven Religious Conflicts: A Meaning SystemApproach
Chris A.M. Hermans, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens and William van der Veld
17. Cross-religious Participation in Rituals and Interpretation of Religious Pluralism: A Comparative Study among Christian, Muslimand Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India
Francis-Vincent Anthony, Chris A.M. Hermans, and Carl Sterkens
18. Plurality in Unity. A Comparative, Quantitative Study Analyzing How Catholic Teachers of Religion from Five European Countries Perceive Other Religions
Ulrich Riegel
19. A Public Issue Still Denied: Religion in German Preschool Education
Friedrich Schweitzer
20. The Significance of Religion for Adolescents—Conception of and First Results from the VROID-MHAP-Study
Christoph Kappler, Sabine Zehnder, Aristide Peng, Taylor Christl and Christoph Morgenthaler
2. Contributors
3. Dispute about the Public Significance of Religion: An Opening Reflection.
Hans-Georg Ziebertz
4. Conservative Christianity in the USA: Interpretive and Normative Perspectives
Richard R. Osmer
5. Religious Capital and Public Accountability: Challenges to EmpiricalTheology
Hans Schilderman
6. A Sociological Perspective on the Public Significance of Religion: From Secularisation to ‘Publicisation’
David Herbert
7. Framing the Gods:The Public Significance of Religion from a Cultural Point of View
R. Ruard Ganzevoort
8. Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Religion: Left to the Gods? An Empirical Study among Dutch Young People
Johannes A. van der Ven
9. Varieties of Religious Solidarity
Hans Schilderman
10. Church, Public and Bioethics: Religion’s Construction of Public Significance through the Bioethical Discourse
Ulla Schmidt
11. Factors Predicting Engagement with Society among Anglicans in England
Andrew Village
12. Maintaining a Public Ministry in Rural England:Work-related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-church Benefices
Christine E. Brewster, Leslie J. Francis, and Mandy Robbins
13. The Changing Public Face of the Church of England: The Changing Experiences of Clergywomen
Mandy Robbins
14. The Public Significance of Religion and the Changing Context of Family Life in Britain 1983–2005. An Examination of Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce
Emyr Williams and Leslie J. Francis
15. Interpreting God’s Activity in the Public Square: Accessing the OrdinaryTheology of Personal Prayer
Tania ap Sion
16. How Christian Students in Tamil NaduThink about Power Driven Religious Conflicts: A Meaning SystemApproach
Chris A.M. Hermans, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens and William van der Veld
17. Cross-religious Participation in Rituals and Interpretation of Religious Pluralism: A Comparative Study among Christian, Muslimand Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India
Francis-Vincent Anthony, Chris A.M. Hermans, and Carl Sterkens
18. Plurality in Unity. A Comparative, Quantitative Study Analyzing How Catholic Teachers of Religion from Five European Countries Perceive Other Religions
Ulrich Riegel
19. A Public Issue Still Denied: Religion in German Preschool Education
Friedrich Schweitzer
20. The Significance of Religion for Adolescents—Conception of and First Results from the VROID-MHAP-Study
Christoph Kappler, Sabine Zehnder, Aristide Peng, Taylor Christl and Christoph Morgenthaler
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