Young people’s attitudes to religious diversity: quantitative approaches from social psychology and empirical theology

This essay discusses the design of the quantitative component of the ‘Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity’ project, conceived by Professor Robert Jackson within the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, and presents some preliminary findings from the data. The quantitative compo...

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Auteurs: Francis, Leslie J. (Auteur) ; Croft, Jennifer S. (Auteur) ; Pyke, Alice (Auteur) ; Robbins, Mandy (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: Routledge 2012
Dans: Journal of beliefs and values
Année: 2012, Volume: 33, Numéro: 3, Pages: 279-292
Sujets non-standardisés:B Empirical Theology
B Religious Diversity
B psychology of religion
B quantitative research
B Adolescents
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Résumé:This essay discusses the design of the quantitative component of the ‘Young People’s Attitudes to Religious Diversity’ project, conceived by Professor Robert Jackson within the Warwick Religions and Education Research Unit, and presents some preliminary findings from the data. The quantitative component followed and built on the qualitative component within a mixed method design. The argument is advanced in seven steps: introducing the major sources of theory on which the quantitative approach builds from the psychology of religion and from empirical theology; locating the empirical traditions of research among young people that have shaped the study; clarifying the notions and levels of measurement employed in the study anticipating the potential for various forms of data analysis; discussing some of the established measures incorporated in the survey; defining the ways in which the sample was structured to reflect the four nations of the UK, and London; illustrating the potential within largely descriptive cross-tabulation forms of analysis; and illustrating the potential within more sophisticated multivariate analytic models.
ISSN:1469-9362
Contient:Enthalten in: Journal of beliefs and values
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1080/13617672.2012.732808