Jan M Van Der Lans
Biographic Data
| ID | 4136415 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Jan M Van Der Lans |
| GIVEN NAMES | Jan M |
| FAMILY NAME | Van Der Lans |
| SIGNATURE | VAN DER LANS J M |
| AFFILIATIONS | Nijmegen |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 2 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 4 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 1983 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2000 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
The Structure and Variety of Prayer
Although in Europe as a whole and in the Netherlands in particular, church membership is in steady decline, most Dutch youth still pray. In this study, praying is interpreted as a ritual, composed of seven structural elements: need, action, effect, direction, time, place and method. On theoretical grounds, we distinguish four varieties of prayer. In our sample, petitionary prayer and religious prayer were found to coincide. In both, direction (mo…
Interpretation of Religious Language and Cognitive Style
The two studies reported here revised Hunt's (1972) LAM (Literal, Anti-Literal, Mythological) Scale to include a Metaphorical dimension. The first study investigated the relationship between preference for literal versus metaphorical interpretations of religious language and structural levels of religious thinking. As predicted, participants who preferred a literal interpretation of religious statements gave evidence of a low developed structure …
Die ‚Religious Life Inventory’
Les nouvelles religions aux Pays-Bas. Contexte, appartenance, réactions
In this report we give a broad on overview of the situation of the situation of the new religious movements in the Netherlands
Interpretation of Religious Language and Cognitive Style
The two studies reported here revised Hunt's (1972) LAM (Literal, Anti-Literal, Mythological) Scale to include a Metaphorical dimension. The first study investigated the relationship between preference for literal versus metaphorical interpretations of religious language and structural levels of religious thinking. As predicted, participants who preferred a literal interpretation of religious statements gave evidence of a low developed structure …
Les nouvelles religions aux Pays-Bas. Contexte, appartenance, réactions
In this report we give a broad on overview of the situation of the situation of the new religious movements in the Netherlands
Les nouvelles religions aux Pays-Bas. Contexte, appartenance, réactions
In this report we give a broad on overview of the situation of the situation of the new religious movements in the Netherlands
Die ‚Religious Life Inventory’
Interpretation of Religious Language and Cognitive Style
The two studies reported here revised Hunt's (1972) LAM (Literal, Anti-Literal, Mythological) Scale to include a Metaphorical dimension. The first study investigated the relationship between preference for literal versus metaphorical interpretations of religious language and structural levels of religious thinking. As predicted, participants who preferred a literal interpretation of religious statements gave evidence of a low developed structure …
The Structure and Variety of Prayer
Although in Europe as a whole and in the Netherlands in particular, church membership is in steady decline, most Dutch youth still pray. In this study, praying is interpreted as a ritual, composed of seven structural elements: need, action, effect, direction, time, place and method. On theoretical grounds, we distinguish four varieties of prayer. In our sample, petitionary prayer and religious prayer were found to coincide. In both, direction (mo…
Philosophy (4 works) · Philosophy (3 works) · Psychology (3 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (3 works) · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology (3 works) · Political science (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Cartography (1 works) · Cognition (1 works) · Cognitive psychology (1 works)