A congregation of one: Individualized religious beliefs among emerging adults
A congregation of one: Individualized religious beliefs among emerging adults
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DOI：
10.1177/0743558402175002
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发表时间：
2002-09-01
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2
通讯作者：
Jensen, LA
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作者：
Arnett, JJ;Jensen, LA
采用定量和定性相结合的方法，对140名21至28岁的初出茅庐的成年人进行了宗教信仰和实践调查。他们赋予宗教的重要性、参加宗教仪式和宗教信仰的内容都有很大的差异。总体而言，他们的信仰大致分为四个类别-不可知论者/无神论者、自然神论者、自由派基督徒和保守基督徒-但每一类中也有相当大的多样性。综合定量和定性结果显示，参与者的信仰高度个人化，童年宗教社会化与当前宗教参加或信仰的关系不大，参与者经常对宗教机构持怀疑态度。这些结果反映了美国社会的个人主义，以及成年初期对形成自己信仰的关注。
Religious beliefs and practices were examined among 140 emerging adults aged 21 to 28, using quantitative and qualitative methods. There was great diversity in the importance they ascribed to religion, in their attendance at religious services, and in the content of their religious beliefs. Overall, their beliefs fell into four roughly even categories-agnostic/atheist, deist, liberal Christian, and conservative Christian-but there was also considerable diversity within each category. In combination, the quantitative and qualitative results showed that the participants' beliefs were highly individualized, that there was little relationship between childhood religious socialization and current religious attendance or beliefs, and that the participants were often skeptical of religious institutions. The results reflect the individualism of American society as well as the focus in emerging adulthood on forming one's own beliefs.