Xenosophia and Religion. Biographical and Statistical Paths for a Culture of Welcome
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Xenosophia and Religion. Biographical and Statistical Paths for a Culture of Welcome


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This book documents the current polarization in Germany regarding the issue of refugee immigration. It presents quantitative estimates for both xenophobia and xenophilia in the German population, including short-time changes. The book suggests a conceptual change of perspectives. It focuses not only on the pathogenic model that accounts for outcomes such as xenophobia, Islamophobia and other forms of (inter-religious) prejudice, but on a salutogenic model. In the book’s view, the salutogenic model entails xenosophia: the wisdom, creativity and inspiration that emerges from the encounter with the strange and the strange religion. The book addresses individual dispositions, which may lead to xenophobia or xenosophia, and takes into account predictors such as religiosity, religious schemata, value preferences, tolerance of complexity, and violence legitimizing norms of masculinity. A selection of case studies present typical biographical trajectories toward xenosophia.

Table of Contents:
Part 1. Points of Departure.- 1. What is Xenosophia? Philosophical and Psychological Explications (Streib).- 2. Extant Research on Inter-religious Prejudice and Xenophobia in Germany (Klein).- 3. Design, Hypotheses and Quantitative Instruments of the Study (Klein).- 4. The Faith Development Interview, Evaluation and Triangulation, and the Structure of Case Studies (Streib).- Part 2. Quantitative Results.- 5. Xenophilia under Pressure: Results of a Two-Wave-Survey in the Critical Times of Refugee Migration to Germany (Streib).- 6. Attitudes Towards Abrahamic Religions – Comparison of Implicit and Explicit Assessment (Klein).- 7. Inter-religious Prejudice in Context: Prejudice Against Black People, Homosexuals and Women, and the Role of the Violence Legitimizing Norms of Masculinity (Lühr).- 8. Xenosophia and its Potential Predictors and Outcomes: Religion, Religious Styles, and Tolerance of Complexity (Streib).- 9. Values and the Value Space as Coordinate System for Understanding Xenosophia and Inter-religious Prejudice (Gennerich).- Part III. Case Studies.- 10. A Typology of Biographical Trajectories Toward Xenophobia and Xenosophia (Streib).- 11.Case study.- 12. Case study.- 13. Case study.- 14. Case study.- 15. Case study.- 16. Conclusion (Streib).

About the Author :
Heinz Streib (M.A. 1977, Tübingen University; Ph.D. 1989, Emory University, Habilitation 1995, Frankfurt University) is Senior Professor at Bielefeld University. He has established the Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion at the University of Bielefeld and has conducted there a series of empirical studies. Streib’s major third-party funded research projects are the following: Fundamentalist Biographies (1996-1998, for an Enquete Commission of the German Parliament); Varieties of Deconversion in the USA and Germany (2002-2005); Semantics and psychology of “spirituality” in Germany and the USA (2009-2012); Xenosophia and Religion in Germany (2011-2015); Longitudinal research on religious development with the Faith Development Interview as key instrument (current). Key research interests include: Theory and longitudinal research in religious development in terms of religious styles and schemata; violence and inter-religious prejudice in Europe; Children’s and adolescents’ readiness for mediation. Constantin Klein (Dipl.-Psych. 2003, Leipzig University; Dipl.-Theol. 2004, Leipzig University; Ph.D. 2013, Bielefeld University) is Professor for Spiritual Care at Ludwig-Maximilians-University München. Between 2009 and 2017, Klein was scientific assistant at Bielefeld University and associated with the Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion. Klein was primary researcher for the research project “Xenosophia and Religion in Germany” (2011-2015), the results of which are presented in this volume. Key research interests include: Theory and research in the psychology of religion; violence and inter-religious prejudice in Europe; spiritual care.

Review :
“This book shows that there is much insight to be gained for those who do. … Through their comprehensive study on xenosophia, … Streib and his team may give us pause and perhaps may even show us pathways that lead toward a more vibrant and welcoming culture.” (Wade C. Rowatt, The International Journal for the Psychology of Religion, Vol. 29 (3), 2019)​


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  • ISBN-13: 9783319745633
  • Publisher: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Publisher Imprint: Springer International Publishing AG
  • Height: 235 mm
  • No of Pages: 392
  • Returnable: Y
  • ISBN-10: 3319745638
  • Publisher Date: 02 Aug 2018
  • Binding: Hardback
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Width: 155 mm


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