Christoph Morgenthaler
Biographic Data
| ID | 5909214 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Christoph Morgenthaler |
| GIVEN NAMES | Christoph |
| FAMILY NAME | Morgenthaler |
| SIGNATURE | MORGENTHALER C |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Bern |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 11 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 10 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 1 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2002 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2016 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Die Religion der Religionspsychologie Potentiale, Funktionen und Ambivalenzen eines alternden Begriffs
The concept of religion is of utmost importance for the foundation of the psychology of religion as a scientific discipline, but is rarely taken to critical task with regard to its academic and public functions and implications. As a critical analysis of research examples set against the background of the discipline's history discloses, this is an indispensable element of the self-reflective clarification of presuppositions underlying all researc…
The Friendship Between Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister as Seen in the Correspondence between the Jewish Atheist Founder of Psychoanalysis and the Swiss Pastor Who Pioneered Pastoral Psychology
The Role of Gender and Religiosity in Positive Body Image Development Among Adolescents in Germany
Patients' Satisfaction with Health Care Chaplaincy and Affecting Factors
Surveying patients' satisfaction with chaplaincy services contributes to improving the quality of health care chaplaincy. Therefore, 679 patients from 32 general hospitals and psychiatric clinics in the German part of Switzerland were surveyed in a cross-sectional design. Seven factors influencing patients' satisfaction with health care chaplaincy were identified. They pertain, on one hand, to the chaplain-patient relationship ("Respect and frien…
Adolescents’ Values and Value Based Reasoning in Intercultural Dilemma Situations
Values and religious orientations are traditionally considered as fostering guidelines for individual life perspectives and choices. The present paper attempts to find out whether this is still true for Swiss adolescents. Hedonism, benevolence, self-direction and universalism are their preferred values, as data from a survey of 748 adolescents (aged 12-16) shows, tradition and conformity the least important. 25 of the surveyed adolescents were se…
Research in Religion on the Political Agenda A Swiss National Research Programme on Religion and Its Implications
This introductory article for this special issue of the Journal of Empirical Theology , sketches the political and societal context in which the Swiss National Research Programme on “Religion, State, and Society” was developed and gives a general overview of this research programme. First, it introduces recent developments in Switzerland’s religious landscape and illustrates their relevance for the development of a broad state-funded research pro…
Religiöse Sozialisation in der Familie
Are Surveys on Quality Improvement of Healthcare Chaplaincy Emotionally Distressing for Patients? A Pilot Study
In recent years, much research work has been done in the field of religion/spirituality and healthcare. Many chaplains are wary of doing research because they assume it is cumbersome or potentially deleterious to ill patients. The aim of the present pilot study is, therefore, to find out if research on quality improvement of healthcare chaplaincy is emotionally distressing for patients. In connection with a questionnaire about quality improvement…
Empirische Dogmatik des Jugendalters
Religionsunterricht soll die religiöse Tradition so erschließen, dass sie prinzipiell für alle SchülerInnen lebensdienlich wird. Doch wie kann es LehrerInnen gelingen, die pluralen Lebenskontexte ihrer SchülerInnen differenziert zu erkennen und darauf die theologischen Deutungsangebote ebenso differenziert zu beziehen? Ein methodologisch innovativer empirischer Forschungsansatz ermöglicht es, SchülerInnen in ihren Lebenskontexten systematisch wah…
Tapes and Tables Mixed Methods Research on Family Religion
The authors show how qualitative and quantitative methods can be combined in a 'mixed methods' research model to provide a multifaceted view of family religion and rituals. Results from a Swiss research project on bedtime rituals are reported and methodological issues connected with this approach are discussed. In this project case studies, qualitative content analysis and a family survey (N=1344) were combined to explore the 'patterned creativit…
Ritualisations in Parent-Child Interactions
The article focuses on how a dialectical relationship between empirical research and theological normativity can and should influence the design of an empirical study at important points of the planning process. It draws on a systems view of scientific activity proposed as a working model for family research by Lavee & Dollahite (1991). Many decisions, each connected with norms and values, have to be taken with regard to the selection of the rese…
Empirische Dogmatik des Jugendalters
Religionsunterricht soll die religiöse Tradition so erschließen, dass sie prinzipiell für alle SchülerInnen lebensdienlich wird. Doch wie kann es LehrerInnen gelingen, die pluralen Lebenskontexte ihrer SchülerInnen differenziert zu erkennen und darauf die theologischen Deutungsangebote ebenso differenziert zu beziehen? Ein methodologisch innovativer empirischer Forschungsansatz ermöglicht es, SchülerInnen in ihren Lebenskontexten systematisch wah…
The Friendship Between Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister as Seen in the Correspondence between the Jewish Atheist Founder of Psychoanalysis and the Swiss Pastor Who Pioneered Pastoral Psychology
Ritualisations in Parent-Child Interactions
The article focuses on how a dialectical relationship between empirical research and theological normativity can and should influence the design of an empirical study at important points of the planning process. It draws on a systems view of scientific activity proposed as a working model for family research by Lavee & Dollahite (1991). Many decisions, each connected with norms and values, have to be taken with regard to the selection of the rese…
Tapes and Tables Mixed Methods Research on Family Religion
The authors show how qualitative and quantitative methods can be combined in a 'mixed methods' research model to provide a multifaceted view of family religion and rituals. Results from a Swiss research project on bedtime rituals are reported and methodological issues connected with this approach are discussed. In this project case studies, qualitative content analysis and a family survey (N=1344) were combined to explore the 'patterned creativit…
Religiöse Sozialisation in der Familie
Are Surveys on Quality Improvement of Healthcare Chaplaincy Emotionally Distressing for Patients? A Pilot Study
In recent years, much research work has been done in the field of religion/spirituality and healthcare. Many chaplains are wary of doing research because they assume it is cumbersome or potentially deleterious to ill patients. The aim of the present pilot study is, therefore, to find out if research on quality improvement of healthcare chaplaincy is emotionally distressing for patients. In connection with a questionnaire about quality improvement…
Empirische Dogmatik des Jugendalters
Religionsunterricht soll die religiöse Tradition so erschließen, dass sie prinzipiell für alle SchülerInnen lebensdienlich wird. Doch wie kann es LehrerInnen gelingen, die pluralen Lebenskontexte ihrer SchülerInnen differenziert zu erkennen und darauf die theologischen Deutungsangebote ebenso differenziert zu beziehen? Ein methodologisch innovativer empirischer Forschungsansatz ermöglicht es, SchülerInnen in ihren Lebenskontexten systematisch wah…
Patients' Satisfaction with Health Care Chaplaincy and Affecting Factors
Surveying patients' satisfaction with chaplaincy services contributes to improving the quality of health care chaplaincy. Therefore, 679 patients from 32 general hospitals and psychiatric clinics in the German part of Switzerland were surveyed in a cross-sectional design. Seven factors influencing patients' satisfaction with health care chaplaincy were identified. They pertain, on one hand, to the chaplain-patient relationship ("Respect and frien…
Adolescents’ Values and Value Based Reasoning in Intercultural Dilemma Situations
Values and religious orientations are traditionally considered as fostering guidelines for individual life perspectives and choices. The present paper attempts to find out whether this is still true for Swiss adolescents. Hedonism, benevolence, self-direction and universalism are their preferred values, as data from a survey of 748 adolescents (aged 12-16) shows, tradition and conformity the least important. 25 of the surveyed adolescents were se…
Research in Religion on the Political Agenda A Swiss National Research Programme on Religion and Its Implications
This introductory article for this special issue of the Journal of Empirical Theology , sketches the political and societal context in which the Swiss National Research Programme on “Religion, State, and Society” was developed and gives a general overview of this research programme. First, it introduces recent developments in Switzerland’s religious landscape and illustrates their relevance for the development of a broad state-funded research pro…
The Role of Gender and Religiosity in Positive Body Image Development Among Adolescents in Germany
The Friendship Between Sigmund Freud and Oskar Pfister as Seen in the Correspondence between the Jewish Atheist Founder of Psychoanalysis and the Swiss Pastor Who Pioneered Pastoral Psychology
Die Religion der Religionspsychologie Potentiale, Funktionen und Ambivalenzen eines alternden Begriffs
The concept of religion is of utmost importance for the foundation of the psychology of religion as a scientific discipline, but is rarely taken to critical task with regard to its academic and public functions and implications. As a critical analysis of research examples set against the background of the discipline's history discloses, this is an indispensable element of the self-reflective clarification of presuppositions underlying all researc…
Philosophy (6 works) · Psychology (6 works) · Sociology (6 works) · Religion and Society Interactions (5 works) · Political science (4 works) · Social Psychology (4 works) · Epistemology (3 works) · History of religions (3 works) · Law (3 works) · Medicine (3 works)