Life Events and Religious Change
Over the course of a lifetime, virtually everyone experiences change in their level of religious belief and activity. Some of these changes are modest in scope; others are more dramatic, as in the case of religious conversion or loss of faith. This paper examines the effect of a variety of life even...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Sage Publications
1989
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Review of religious research
Year: 1989, Volume: 31, Issue: 1, Pages: 23-38 |
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| Summary: | Over the course of a lifetime, virtually everyone experiences change in their level of religious belief and activity. Some of these changes are modest in scope; others are more dramatic, as in the case of religious conversion or loss of faith. This paper examines the effect of a variety of life events on changes in religious belief and behavior. Since not all people attribute religious meaning to different life events, their impact on personal religiosity varies from individual to individual. Nevertheless, it is found that on the aggregate level both the importance of one's religious beliefs and the importance of one's church increases as a result of positive life events, while the opposite occurs following negative life events. This pattern holds for events that are overtly religious in nature as well as for events that may or may not have religious significance, such as illness or injury, divorce, and death of a loved one. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3511021 |