A Scientific Approach to Religious Development
Proposals and a Case Illustration
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2515465 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Susan Kwilecki (corresponding author) |
| Year | 1988 |
| Volume | 27 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 307 |
| Publication date | 1988-09-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906 |
| Publisher | JSTOR (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/1387372 |
| OpenAlex | W2331095864 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 8 |
| References cited | 6 |
Some treatments of religious development promote ideals more than they describe actual courses of personal religion. Criticizing two well-known theories, this paper offers a conceptual framework for investigating spiritual evolution scientifically. Based on developmental psychology, the theories in question place everyone, regardless of culture or personality, on a single evolutionary path. By contrast, I argue that the diversity and cultural relativity of personal spiritual striving calls for a pluralistic approach, one recognizing many forms of developed religion. Elaborating, I propose a culturally-neutral definition of religious development and an idiographic method and theoretical style. A case study of a rural black Pentecostal preacher illustrates
Development (topology) · Epistemology · Sociology · Mathematics · Philosophy · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Theological Perspectives and Practices
Spiritual Intelligence as a Theory of Individual Religion
Development and Initial Validation of an Objective Measure of Faith Development
Is Spirituality an Intelligence? Motivation, Cognition, and the Psychology of Ultimate Concern
Through a Glass Darkly, but Face to Face
Personal religious belief development
Clarification of the Link between Right-Wing Authoritarianism and Religiousness
The Power, but Not the Glory
In Defense of Developmental Theories of Religion
| Citations per year | 0.21 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 1988 - 2000 (13) |
| Highly cited | No |