The coherence hypothesis assumes that sense of coherence (SOC) explains the positive
link between religion/spirituality (R/S) and mental health. The aim of our meta-analysis is to …

Faith Development Interviews offer great insight into people's ways of (non-) religious
meaning-making, and of looking at their life and relationships. Ramona Bullik portrays nine …

Dittmar Graf, für die für mich sehr gewinnbringende Betreuung, für die Freiheit, die du mir in
der Arbeit gelassen hast, für dein offenes Ohr, deine kreativen Ideen und nicht zuletzt ganz …

In this chapter, we give an overview over extant empirical research on the relation between
religiosity and prejudice. We start with a brief description of the definitions and types of …

In the current study, we look at atheist or secular identities in different religious landscapes:
In the US, the majority of the population indicates a belief in God. In West Germany, one third …

In this chapter, design, research methods, and sample of the Bielefeld Study on Xenosophia
and Religion in Germany are introduced. After a brief overview of the guiding research …

After half a century of formal equality regarding ministry in Protestant churches, female
leaders have become increasingly common in Protestant churches in Western Europe and …

Religionen, Religiosität und religiöse Praktiken haben in den letzten zwei Jahrzehnten an
Sichtbarkeit gewonnen. Im Zuge dessen wird die Säkularisierungsthese, die lange als …

Faith Development Interviews offer great insight into people's ways of (non-) religious
meaning-making, and of looking at their life and relationships. Ramona Bullik portrays nine …

This chapter explores the “spiritual/religious” self-identifications in cross-cultural perspective.
In addition to current self-identifications we asked how respondents remembered their …