“Spirituality” and “Religion”- corpus analysis of subjective definitions in the questionnaire

The chapter examines free text entries in the Bielefeld-based Cross-cultural Study of “Spirituality” written in response to the questions: “How would you define the term spirituality?” and “How would you define the term religion?” The aim is to explore subjective understandings by paying attention t...

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Authors: Altmeyer, Stefan 1976- (Author) ; Klein, Constantin 1977- (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Springer 2016
In: Semantics and psychology of spirituality
Year: 2016, Pages: 105-123
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