Joseph E. Faulkner

Religiosity in 5-D: An Empirical Analysis

Based on a framework suggested by Charles Glock that religiosity should include ideological, ritualistic, experiential, intellectual, and consequential dimensions, data from 362 college students were analyzed for scalability. Five Guttman type scales were constructed-one for each dimension. Interrelationships among the five dimensions were tested by computing correlation coefficients. The ideological dimension was unmistakably of pervasive importance. At the other extreme in size of correlations was the consequential dimension, suggesting that this dimension may reflect a qualitatively different measure of religious involvement. The diversity in the degree of relationships examined lends empirical support to the view that religious involvement is characterized by several dimensions-some of which are more closely related than others.

A note on religiosity and moral behavior of a sample of college students

a été remarquée dans les réponses, selon le degré de religiosité. Les différences constatées à l’intérieur des groupes religieux, protestants, catholiques et non affiliés, furent plus grandes que celles observées entre les groupes eux-mêmes. Cela suggère que l’engagement religieux explique davantage la variation dans le comportement sexuel hors mariage que ne le fait la seule affiliation à une religion.

The Church, Individual Religiosity, and Social Justice

The role of the church in contemporary issues of social justice is examined by analyzing attitudinal data from a sample of college students. While considerable support was accorded the diffuse national goal of a fully integrated society, the respondents were far from certain that the clergy and the church should be actively involved in obtaining this goal. More church members than non-members agreed with the general orientation of a fully integrated society, although more Protestants and non-members than Catholics supported the active involvement of the clergy. An analysis of the data by the degree of individual religiosity, as measured by an eight-item Guttman scale, showed that, in general a larger proportion of high as compared with low religiosity respondents supported an integrated society as a national goal, but a lower proportion of high religiosity respondents supported direct involvement by the church or the clergy.