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" Conceptions of Spirituality among the Dutch Population "
Joantine Berghuijs, Jos Pieper, Cok Bakker, et al.
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1065391
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LA109020
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10.1163/15736121-12341272
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English
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Cok Bakker
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Joantine Berghuijs
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Jos Pieper
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Conceptions of Spirituality among the Dutch Population [Article]\ Joantine Berghuijs, Jos Pieper, Cok Bakker, et al.
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Leiden: Brill
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Archive for the Psychology of Religion
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2013
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35/3
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369–397
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This article explores the conceptions of spirituality in a large and representative sample ( N =2313) of the general population in the Netherlands. Spirituality is described mostly in cognitive terms (54%), especially in the form of general references to a transcendent reality (e.g. ‘more between heaven and earth’). Experiential expressions are used in more than a quarter of the descriptions. Important patterns in the descriptions are: spirituality as the transcendent God, spirituality as inwardness, and spirituality as mental health. In the sample, 21% distance themselves from spirituality; among people with a secular outlook this percentage is 35%. We paid special attention to differences in conceptions of spirituality between people inside and outside institutional religious contexts and between people who self-identify as ‘spiritual’ and those who do not. This article explores the conceptions of spirituality in a large and representative sample ( N =2313) of the general population in the Netherlands. Spirituality is described mostly in cognitive terms (54%), especially in the form of general references to a transcendent reality (e.g. ‘more between heaven and earth’). Experiential expressions are used in more than a quarter of the descriptions. Important patterns in the descriptions are: spirituality as the transcendent God, spirituality as inwardness, and spirituality as mental health. In the sample, 21% distance themselves from spirituality; among people with a secular outlook this percentage is 35%. We paid special attention to differences in conceptions of spirituality between people inside and outside institutional religious contexts and between people who self-identify as ‘spiritual’ and those who do not.
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coding
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definitions
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egocentrism
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religious affiliation
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self-identification
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Spirituality
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10.1163/15736121-12341272
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