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2007 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

A Cross-National Comparative Research of Values and Religiosity of Contemporary People : Focusing on the Asian Perspective

Research Project

Project/Area Number 17203036
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (A)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Sociology
Research InstitutionKwansei Gakuin University

Principal Investigator

OHMURA Eishou  Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Sociology, Professor (30047485)

Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha) MANABE Kazufumi  Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Sociology, Professor (90098385)
KAWABATA Akira  Osaka University, Graduate School of Human Science, Professor (00214677)
YOSHINO Ryozo  The Institute of Statistical Mathematics, Department of Data Science, Professor (60220711)
HIZURU Miki  Osaka International University, Department of Management Information, Professor (60199974)
OHOKA Yorimitsu  Chukyo University, Department of Contemporary Sociology, Associate Professor (80329656)
Project Period (FY) 2005 – 2007
Keywordsreligiosity / values / cross-national comparison / questionnaire survey / field survey / human ashes / Pet loss / spirituality
Research Abstract

This collaborative and comparative research team is comprised of the Field Survey and Qualitative Research Group (managed by Ohmura Eishou) and the Questionnaire Survey and Quantitative Research Group (managed by Manabe Kazufiuni). They have conducted the following researches.
(1) They reviewed of the results of both theoretical and empirical studies previously conducted in Japan and abroad on values and religiosity, and collected, stored, and compiled the survey data, and related materials that produced those results.
(2) They presented the methodological problems in this field of research, particularly the identification of the problem of equivalence with regard to how religiosity is observed and measured in multi-national comparative survey, and proposed methods of solving those problems.
(3) They conducted field surveys (observations and interviews) in Hawaii and the west coast of the US, South Korea, Taiwan, Okinawa, and Northern Europe, particularly Sweden, focused on one of the contemporary and strategic problems in the field of research. These were done by examing religious feelings and behaviors, and exploring the ways people think about, feel about, and handle the human ashes created by the incleased use of cremation, animal funerals, embalming, and pet loss.
(4) Based on these researches they planned, designed and implemented the questionnaire survey in Japan and Germany, and analyzed the survey data from a comparative perspective.

  • Research Products

    (8 results)

All 2008 2007

All Journal Article (4 results) Presentation (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 日本的な「宗教意識」の構造2008

    • Author(s)
      真鍋 一史
    • Journal Title

      関西学院大学社会学部紀要 104

      Pages: 45-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Structure of Japanese Religiosity : Examining the Results of a National Survey on Values and Religiosity2008

    • Author(s)
      Manabe, Kazufumi
    • Journal Title

      Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Sociology Journal No.104

      Pages: 45-70

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Structure of Japanese Religiosity2007

    • Author(s)
      Kazufumi Manabe
    • Journal Title

      Kwansei Gakuin University Social Sciences Review 12

      Pages: 1-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] The Structure of Japanese Religiosity : Toward a Re-examination of Secularization in Japan2007

    • Author(s)
      Manabe, Kazufumi
    • Journal Title

      Kwansei Gakuin University, School of Social Sciences Review No.12

      Pages: 1-21

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] The Structure of Japanese Religiosity2007

    • Author(s)
      Kazufumi Manabe
    • Organizer
      ヨーロッパ社会調査学会
    • Place of Presentation
      プラハ経済大学(チェコ)
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] Religiosity East and West2007

    • Author(s)
      Akira Kawabata
    • Organizer
      ヨーロッパ社会調査学会
    • Place of Presentation
      プラハ経済大学(チェコ)
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Presentation] The Structure of Japanese Religiosity From a Comparative Perspective2007

    • Author(s)
      Manabe, Kazufumi
    • Organizer
      European Survey Research Association Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Prague, Czech Republic
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Presentation] Religiosity East and West2007

    • Author(s)
      Kawabata, Akira
    • Organizer
      European Survey Research Association Conference
    • Place of Presentation
      Prague, Czech Republic
    • Year and Date
      2007-06-26
    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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