Religion inside and outside Traditional Institutions

Heinz Streib (Ph.D., 1989, Emory University, Atlanta, U.S.A.; Habilitation, 1995, Johann-Wolfgang-Goethe-Universität, Frankfurt/M., Germany) is Professor for Religious Education and Ecumenical Theology at the Universität Bielefeld, Germany. One of his theoretical projects is faith development theory and method. His more recent empirical research has focussed on deconversion.

• Introduction ... 1Heinz StreibTheoretical Perspectives: Account for Religious Praxis and De-Institutionalized Religion in Empirical Theology Three Paradigms for the Study of Religion ... 7Johannes A. van der VenEmpirical Theology: Defining the Task and Selecting the Tools ... 35Leslie J. FrancisFrom Action to Lived Experience: Considering Methodological Problems of Modern Practical Theology ... 55Hans-Günter HeimbrockEmpirical Theology and Brain Research ... 79Tobias KlädenPractical Theology Theory-Building Based on a Pragmatic Notion of Weak Rationality ... 93Chris HermansRitual Praxis. Defining Passage Rites from an Action Perspective ... 125Hans SchildermanReligious Praxis—De-Institutionalized. Theoretical and Empirical Considerations ... 147Heinz StreibRethinking Church in Liquid Modernity ... 175Kees de GrootEmpirical Considerations in Religious Praxis and Reflection in the Teaching Situation: A Conceptual Map ... 193Don BrowningEmpirical Results on Religious Praxis and De-Institutionalized Religion Are Religious Beliefs Relevant In Daily Life? ... 209Stefan HuberReligious Development in a Lifespan Perspective ... 231 Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Tobias Kläden & Anke TerördeReligiosity and Gender Identity of Female Adolescents. Narrative Religious Identity of Young Catholic Woman ... 247Angela KauppAdolescents and Computer-Based New Media. Paradigmatic Insights of an Empirical Field Study on the Structure of Empirical Theology ... 269Predicting Trust in the Pastor—A German Study ... 291Carsten GennerichAuthor’s Biographies ... 317Index