Varieties of Belief over Time

Reflections from a Longitudinal Study of Youth and Belief

Datos Bibliográficos

ID5773140
AutoresA Day (0000-0002-1537-1985, autor de correspondencia)
Año2013
Volumen28
Número2
Páginas277-293
Fecha de publicación2013-04-22
Peer ReviewedSí
Open AccessNo
TipoARTICLE
RevistaJournal of Contemporary Religion (JOURNAL)
Identificadores de la revistaISSN: 1353-7903 • E-ISSN: 1469-9419
EditorialTaylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/13537903.2013.783339
OpenAlexW2076794345
IdiomaEN
Citas recibidas10
Referencias citadas32

This article reports longitudinal research involving young people in adolescence and early adulthood, focusing on questions about belief and identity. The author finds that significant varieties of belief-propositional, felt (emotional/embodied), performative-were created and sustained through social relationships. A seven-part analytical model permits holistic, organic analysis to identify the shifting and mutually interdependent dimensions of belief: content, source, practice, salience, function, time, and place. The articles forms part of a special issue of the Journal of Contemporary Religion, entitled "Belief as Cultural Performance

Ambivalence · Longitudinal study · Performative utterance · Salience (neuroscience · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology