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 language | English |
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Title of host publication | Finding Meaning |
Subtitle of host publication | An Existential Quest in Post-Modern Israel |
Publisher | Oxford University Press |
Pages | 380-412 |
Number of pages | 33 |
ISBN (Electronic) | 9780190910358 |
ISBN (Print) | 9780190910389 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 1 Jan 2021 |
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- General Psychology