Religiousness and Spirituality Among Jewish Members and Friends of a Southern Jewish Organization

Authors

William L. Smith, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow
Pidi Zhang, Georgia Southern UniversityFollow

Document Type

Article

Publication Date

2017

Publication Title

Sociological Viewpoints

ISSN

1060-0876

Abstract

The present study used survey data gathered from Jewish members and friends affiliated with a Jewish community center to determine their levels of religiousness and spirituality. A cross-tabulation revealed discrepancies between reported and measured religiousness and spirituality. Respondents were more likely to consider themselves as spiritual and religious and less likely to consider themselves as spiritual but not religious than they really were based on a k-mean analysis. Regression analyses show that Jews who were spiritual and religious were more likely than other groups to report religion as important in their life, but the difference regarding the importance of Jewishness and certainty about their religion were not statistically significant. Jews who were more religious than spiritual were more likely to report being a part of a Jewish community as essential than Jews who were more spiritual than religious

Comments

Edinboro University© 2019 by Pennsylvania Sociological Society

Recommended Citation

Smith, William L., Pidi Zhang. 2017. "Religiousness and Spirituality Among Jewish Members and Friends of a Southern Jewish Organization." Sociological Viewpoints, 31 (1): 15-31: Edinboro University by Pennsylvania Sociological Society.
https://digitalcommons.georgiasouthern.edu/soc-anth-facpubs/103