The Public Significance of Religion

Abstract

Preface Contributors Chapter One Dispute about the Public Significance of Religion: An Opening Reflection. Hans-Georg Ziebertz Chapter Two Conservative Christianity in the USA: Interpretive and Normative Perspectives Richard R. Osmer Chapter Three Religious Capital and Public Accountability: Challenges to EmpiricalTheology Hans Schilderman Chapter Four A Sociological Perspective on the Public Significance of Religion: From Secularisation to 'Publicisation' David Herbert Chapter Five Framing the Gods:The Public Significance of Religion from a Cultural Point of View R. Ruard Ganzevoort Chapter Six Separation of Church and State and Freedom of Religion: Left to the Gods? An Empirical Study among Dutch Young People Johannes A. van der Ven Chapter Seven Varieties of Religious Solidarity Hans Schilderman Chapter Eight Church, Public and Bioethics: Religion's Construction of Public Significance through the Bioethical Discourse Ulla Schmidt Chapter Nine Factors Predicting Engagement with Society among Anglicans in England Andrew Village Chapter Ten Maintaining a Public Ministry in Rural England:Work-related Psychological Health and Psychological Type among Anglican Clergy Serving in Multi-church Benefices Christine E. Brewster, Leslie J. Francis, and Mandy Robbins Chapter Eleven The Changing Public Face of the Church of England: The Changing Experiences of Clergywomen Mandy Robbins Chapter Twelve The Public Significance of Religion and the Changing Context of Family Life in Britain 1983-2005. An Examination of Marriage, Cohabitation and Divorce Emyr Williams and Leslie J. Francis Chapter Thirteen Interpreting God's Activity in the Public Square: Accessing the OrdinaryTheology of Personal Prayer Tania ap Sion Chapter Fourteen How Christian Students in Tamil NaduThink about Power Driven Religious Conflicts: A Meaning System Approach Chris A.M. Hermans, Francis-Vincent Anthony, Carl Sterkens and William van der Veld Chapter Fifteen Cross-religious Participation in Rituals and Interpretation of Religious Pluralism: A Comparative Study among Christian, Muslimand Hindu Students in Tamil Nadu, India Francis-Vincent Anthony, Chris A.M. Hermans, and Carl Sterkens Chapter Sixteen Plurality in Unity. A Comparative, Quantitative Study Analyzing How Catholic Teachers of Religion from Five European Countries Perceive Other Religions Ulrich Riegel Chapter Seventeen A Public Issue Still Denied: Religion in German Preschool Education Friedrich Schweitzer Chapter Eighteen The Significance of Religion for Adolescents-Conception of and First Results from the VROID-MHAP-Study Christoph Kappler, Sabine Zehnder, Aristide Peng, Taylor Christl and Christoph Morgenthaler Contributors Name index Subject Index