What Do Seculars Understand as "Spiritual"?: A Replication of Eisenmann et al.’s Semantics of Spirituality

Eisenmann et al. developed a system consisting of forty-four categories to code the definitions of spirituality in samples from the USA and Germany. We tested this category system in a sample of seculars in Switzerland. All original categories were applicable to the individual understandings of spir...

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Published in:Journal of religion in Europe
Authors: Demmrich, Sarah 1986- (Author) ; Huber, Stefan 1960- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Brill [2020]
In: Journal of religion in Europe
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Switzerland / Secularism / Spirituality / Investigation method
RelBib Classification:AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism
AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
KBC Switzerland
Further subjects:B Cross-cultural
B Spirituality
B Replication
B Qualitative
B Switzerland
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Summary:Eisenmann et al. developed a system consisting of forty-four categories to code the definitions of spirituality in samples from the USA and Germany. We tested this category system in a sample of seculars in Switzerland. All original categories were applicable to the individual understandings of spirituality in our sample. Only two additional categories of marginal relevance were formed. This result confirms the validity of the category system. Furthermore, the German and the Swiss samples both stress an understanding of spirituality as transcending without emphasizing transcendence. This concept should be used to construct spirituality scales for quantitative studies.
ISSN:1874-8929
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1163/18748929-13010008