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      Wat bezielt afvalligen? : Een narratieve analyse van post-christelijke identiteitsontwikkelingen naar atheïsme of holistische spiritualiteit

      Religie & Samenleving
      Radboud University

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          Social scientists have come up with contrasting ideas on how to interpret indi­vidual transitions toward post­-Christian identities in contemporary Western societies. From the 1990s onward there has been a growing scientific interest in transitions towards holistic spiritualities, a trend that was complemented by an increasing emphasis on secular identities such as atheism after the turn of the millennium. A review of this growing stock of academic literature shows that the theoretical explanations of the various diagnoses are remarkably the same, empha­sizing a rationalization and pluralization of (religious) meaning systems, and a growth of moral individualism. Although these notions are undeniably true, they hardly enable a differentiation between individual transitions to the comple­menting post-­Christian identities. In this article I delve into this ‘explanatory gap’ by comparatively reconstructing the trajectories of post­-Christian identity reshap­ing, while focusing on the transition to atheist disbelief and holistic spiritualities. From a series of life course interviews it appears that the strictness of one’s religious milieu is a paramount factor in the process toward apostasy and embracing a new religious or secular identity later in life.

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          Journal
          Religie & Samenleving
          Religie & Samenleving
          Radboud University
          2773-1669
          1872-3497
          March 31 2022
          March 31 2022
          : 17
          : 1
          : 5-26
          Article
          10.54195/RS.11781
          0c9e5a8b-75e1-4572-9e68-0f6f4437493a
          © 2022

          https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

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          Sociology,General religious studies,Social & Behavioral Sciences,Religious studies & Theology,Systematic theology and Philosophy of religion,History

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