Social Correlates of Spiritual Maturity among North American Mennonites
A 14-item “Religious Life Scale” was developed and tested in an attempt to define and objectify the measurement of “spiritual maturity.” The scale was then used to explore the degree of statistical association (using Kendall's Tau B or C) or correlation (Pearsonian r) between spiritual maturity...
| Published in: | Sociological analysis |
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| Language: | English |
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1979
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Sociological analysis
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| Summary: | A 14-item “Religious Life Scale” was developed and tested in an attempt to define and objectify the measurement of “spiritual maturity.” The scale was then used to explore the degree of statistical association (using Kendall's Tau B or C) or correlation (Pearsonian r) between spiritual maturity and a number of other social and religious variables. Data for the study originated in a 1972 survey of the members of five Mennonite denominations in the United States and Canada. The two-stage systematic random sampling procedure yielded 3,591 respondents, each of whom completed a lengthy questionnaire which utilized fixed-alternative responses. As measured by scores on the Religious Life Scale, spiritual maturity was found to be: (1) positively and strongly related to age, (2) weakly (but significantly) related to socio-economic status, rural residence, and sex (females higher), and (3) not significantly related to educational achievement. Correlations with additional religious variables were examined and discussed. |
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| ISSN: | 2325-7873 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Sociological analysis
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.2307/3710494 |