A Reply to Gollnick?Implicit Religion isn't Spirituality in Disguise

Grainger, Roger

doi:10.1558/imre.7.3.276.66311

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“…Can we, perhaps, talk about implicit and explicit spirituality? Discourses on both IR and spirituality would gain from delimitation and further specification (see, e.g., Gollnick 2004; Grainger 2004).…”

Section: Nomolog;ical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Method

Schnell¹

2013

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Implicit Religion can be used as a hermeneutical tool for interpreting reality (IR-as-tool), or it can aim to describe, explain and predict aspects ofthe social world (IR-as-theory). The second approach demands the formulation of a theory, including a definitional core and related assumptions. IR-as-theory can be evaluated through methodical empirical investigation. In this article, a foundation for empirical research on IR is outlined. A post-empiricist, constructivist epistemological background for doing research on IR is suggested. The need for explication and definition is argued, as is the necessity of anchoring IR in nomological frameworks by determining convergence with and divergence from related concepts. The process of operationalization is described, taking into account different levels (content, structure, function) and units (individual, organizational, institutional, social) of analysis. Finally, the requirement of testability is addressed.To determine a theory's viability, theoretical claims have to be translated into empirically falsifiable hypotheses. Falsification can indicate biased or erroneous assumptions, whereas accumulation of support for theoretically deduced hypotheses corroborates the viability of the theory. In conclusion, it is proposed that, although initially reducing the complexity ofIR, empirical research will enhance the understanding of Implicit Religion, raise valuable new questions, inspire further exploration and suggest constructive applications ofthe theory oflR.

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Section: Nomolog;ical Frameworkmentioning

confidence: 99%

On Method

Schnell¹

2013

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“…Its spiritual components have been debated by Gollnick (2003b) and Grainger (2004), Kraus (2009) andPapadopoulos (1999). Its central meaning has been analysed by Dupré (2001), Hamilton (2001), Hunter (2004), Lord (2006), and Ménard (2001Ménard ( , 2009.…”

Section: The Development Of Its Studymentioning

confidence: 99%