Religiosity Experience Research Articles

Digital Religion, Modern Society and the Construction of Digital Theology

Using a literature approach and a sociology of religion perspective, this research discusses the concept and phenomenon of digital religion in modern society. It is concluded that digital religion is not just the phenomenon of online religious practice for spiritual purposes but rather the extension of traditional religion into a new culture due to the digitalisation of society. The networked nature of modern society has a significant impact on the way people shape their experience of religiosity. Dialogue about God takes place in new forms as a form of cyber-theology. The results of this study challenge further research to see the extent to which people build their faith when spiritual experiences change into digital forms.

Religiosity and Disability in West Timor: Pray, Access and Peer Empowerment

Religion does not always positively impacted people with disabilities as past studies also discovered some negative influences that arise from interaction with members of religious communities. This research aimed to explore the experience of religiosity of people with disabilities. Nine people with disabilities participated in semi-structured interviews. Findings suggest that religiosity experience were described with themes of praying as a psychological oasis, lack of access, and empowerment from religious peer groups. While people with disabilities admitted the importance of religiosity in their life, they were still hampered by poor accessibility caused by poor awareness from leaders and members of religious communities.

The Lived Experience of Religiosity and Stress among Middle-Aged Vietnamese American Catholic Immigrants

Based on findings from an interpretative phenomenological study, this article reports the lived experiences of religiosity and stress among six middle-aged Vietnamese-born American Catholic immigrants. The findings indicate how midlife is defined; types of midlife stressors; how participants coped with midlife stressors; religious strategies for coping with midlife stressors; and wisdom related to midlife. Implications for both clinical and congregational practice with Vietnamese American Catholic immigrants are outlined and include insights regarding how religious beliefs and practices can promote healthy coping with midlife stressors and facilitate resilience. Clinical implications and directions for future research are discussed.

RORTY, RELIGIA I DEMOKRACJA

In addition to postsecularism and the New Atheism, Rorty’s idea of „anticlericalism” is one of the three important elements in the modern philosophical debate about the role religion should play in the public sphere in Western democracies. In the paper I discuss Rorty’s neopragmatic understanding of religion as a habit of action and his critical position on the presence of institutional forms of religion in the public sphere of modern constitutional democracies. In the end I sketch a critique of Rorty’s position, which misinterprets the concept and the experience of religiosity and thus involves serious difficulties as a proposal for political change.