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Astley, Jeff (2017) Asking questions and analysing answers about religious experience : developing the Greer tradition. Mental Health, Religion & Culture, 20 (4). pp. 348-358. doi:10.1080/13674676.2017.1280008 ISSN 1367-4676.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/13674676.2017.1280008
Abstract
Alister Hardy’s initiative in starting a programme of empirical research into religious experience in the UK employing the methods of the social sciences continues through the work of the Religious Experience Research Centres. John Greer initiated a similar research tradition through his questionnaire surveys of the incidence and nature of religious experience among children and young people in Northern Ireland. Leslie Francis and Tania ap Siôn replicated Greer’s classic surveys, with ap Siôn extending Greer’s analysis into nine categories of religious experience (Guidance and help, Exam concerns, God’s presence, Answered prayer, Death, Sickness, Conversion, Difficulty of description, and Miscellaneous), while also noting their setting and frequency. This paper develops the Greer tradition further, drawing on more recent data from pupils in the Republic of Ireland, and arguing for a modified analytical process in order to provide a more nuanced understanding of reports of religious experience.
| Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||||
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| Subjects: | B Philosophy. Psychology. Religion > BL Religion | ||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Social Sciences > Centre for Education Studies (2013- ) | ||||||
| Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Greer, John E. -- Criticism and interpretation, Experience (Religion) -- Children -- Northern Ireland, Experience (Religion) -- Children -- Ireland | ||||||
| Journal or Publication Title: | Mental Health, Religion & Culture | ||||||
| Publisher: | Routledge | ||||||
| ISSN: | 1367-4676 | ||||||
| Official Date: | 22 March 2017 | ||||||
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| Volume: | 20 | ||||||
| Number: | 4 | ||||||
| Page Range: | pp. 348-358 | ||||||
| DOI: | 10.1080/13674676.2017.1280008 | ||||||
| Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Restricted or Subscription Access | ||||||
| Date of first compliant deposit: | 3 April 2017 | ||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 22 March 2018 |
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