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Religiosity in 5-D: An Empirical Analysis

Religiosity in 5-D: An Empirical Analysis Abstract Based on a framework suggested by Charles Glock that religiosity should include ideological, ritualistic, experiential, intellectual, and consequential dimensions, data from 362 college students were analyzed for scalability. Five Guttman type scales were constructed—one for each dimension. Interrelationships among the five dimensions were tested by computing correlation coefficients. The ideological dimension was unmistakably of pervasive importance. At the other extreme in size of correlations was the consequential dimension, suggesting that this dimension may reflect a qualitatively different measure of religious involvement. The diversity in the degree of relationships examined lends empirical support to the view that religious involvement is characterized by several dimensions—some of which are more closely related than others. * The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bruce Kuhre in the development of items for testing and preliminary analysis of the data. Appreciation is due John Fenton, Research Associate in Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, for valuable assistance in the conceptualization of the problem. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1966, University of North Carolina Press http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Social Forces Oxford University Press

Religiosity in 5-D: An Empirical Analysis

Faulkner, Joseph, E.; , De Jong, Gordon F.
Social Forces , Volume 45 (2) – Dec 1, 1966
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Copyright © 1966, University of North Carolina Press
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Abstract Based on a framework suggested by Charles Glock that religiosity should include ideological, ritualistic, experiential, intellectual, and consequential dimensions, data from 362 college students were analyzed for scalability. Five Guttman type scales were constructed—one for each dimension. Interrelationships among the five dimensions were tested by computing correlation coefficients. The ideological dimension was unmistakably of pervasive importance. At the other extreme in size of correlations was the consequential dimension, suggesting that this dimension may reflect a qualitatively different measure of religious involvement. The diversity in the degree of relationships examined lends empirical support to the view that religious involvement is characterized by several dimensions—some of which are more closely related than others. * The authors gratefully acknowledge the assistance of Bruce Kuhre in the development of items for testing and preliminary analysis of the data. Appreciation is due John Fenton, Research Associate in Religious Studies at The Pennsylvania State University, for valuable assistance in the conceptualization of the problem. This content is only available as a PDF. Copyright © 1966, University of North Carolina Press

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