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Spiritual awakening among church members during the pandemic : an empirical study in England and Wales
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Francis, Leslie J., Village, Andrew and Lewis, Christopher Alan (2022) Spiritual awakening among church members during the pandemic : an empirical study in England and Wales. Journal of Empirical Theology . 1 - 29. doi:10.1163/15709256-20221427 (In Press)
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Official URL: https://doi.org/10.1163/15709256-20221427
Abstract
For some church members the pandemic may have been a challenge to faith, while for others the pandemic may have been an opportunity to re-kindle faith and to trigger spiritual awakening. A sample of 3,673 churchgoers (Anglican and Catholic) completed an online survey during the early months of the lockdown including the Lewis Index of Spiritual Awakening (LISA). The data demonstrated that more participants experienced a sense of spiritual awakening than a spiritual decline. Spiritual awakening was associated with personal factors (being female and older), with psychological factors (feeling types, intuitive types, and emotional stability), with religious identity (being Catholic), with theological tradition (being charismatic and conservative), and with active engagement in online services (lighting candles or typing in prayer requests). Experiencing spiritual awakening during the early months of the lockdown is, thus, associated with religious, theological, and spiritual practices, as well as with personal and psychological factors.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BR Christianity R Medicine > RA Public aspects of medicine |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Educational Development, Appraisal and Research (CEDAR) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- , COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Religious aspects -- Christianity, COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020- -- Psychological aspects , Psychology, Religious, Spiritual life | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Journal of Empirical Theology | ||||||
| Publisher: | Brill | ||||||
| Place of Publication: | Leiden, The Netherlands | ||||||
| ISSN: | 0922-2936 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 25 April 2022 | ||||||
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| Page Range: | 1 - 29 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1163/15709256-20221427 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | In Press | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
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