Projects / Programmes
Extrinsic and intrinsic of religiosity in crosscultural perspective
| Code |
Science |
Field |
Subfield |
| 5.03.00 |
Social sciences |
Sociology |
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| Code |
Science |
Field |
| S263 |
Social sciences |
Social psychology |
Religion, sociology, psychology, crosscultural studies
Researchers (7)
Organisations (1)
Abstract
The concept of extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity represents one of the most important contemporary approaches in understanding religion and religiosity, including its structure, social functions and personality aspects. Several studies have confirmed the methodological validity, as well as wide explanatory potential of this concept. In spite of that, until now almost no substantive research in terms of crosscultural comaprative study has been carried out. A recent investigation conducted by Ralph Hood and collaborators (Hood et. all, 2001) has in some ways put the mentioned concept in a crosscultural perspective, combining results from Muslim Iranian and Christian American sample. Yet, because of (predominantly methodologicaly oriented) nature of the study, serious quantitative crosscultural comparisons were not possible or even attempted at.
The aim of our project is to proceed from this point and conduct a crosscultural study of the presence, functioning and wider social and personality aspects of extrinsic and intrinsic religiosity (including the comparison of related concepts at a more specific level). The empirical part of our research will be based on a survey of student populations from five different cultural and religious backgrounds (Bosnia and Herzegovina, Japan, Serbia, Slovenia and the USA).
