Religious Sense-Making, Purpose-Making, and Significance-Making Among Jewish, Druze, and Muslim Young Adults in Israel

Nurit Novis-Deutsch, Peter Nynäs, Sawsan Kheir

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Abstract

Situated within the theoretical framework of meaning-making, this chapter discusses sense-making, purpose-making, and significance-making in the context of religion, spirituality, and secularity. To do so, the authors present a 24-item scale, Meaning-Making in Religion (MMR), based on items from the Faith-Q-Sort. Next, they report the results of a study involving 90 Israeli students, Jewish, Muslim, and Druze, who took part in a study of young adults and religion globally. Using participants’ Faith-Q-Sort and in-depth interviews, 12 faith prototypes were extracted. Their analysis uncovered several socially recognized paths for pursuing meaning through religion or spirituality, one socially agreed-upon narrative of secularity, and a few less socially sanctioned narratives of religious meaninglessness. The authors analyze our findings in terms of meaning-making, subjective well-being, and religious subcultures in Israel and discuss the implications of these findings for the study of meaning, religiosity, and culture.
Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationFinding Meaning
Subtitle of host publicationAn Existential Quest in Post-Modern Israel
PublisherOxford University Press
Pages380-412
Number of pages33
ISBN (Electronic)9780190910358
ISBN (Print)9780190910389
DOIs
StatePublished - 1 Jan 2021

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • General Psychology

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