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.

Presents results about xenophobia and xenophilia in Germany in critical times 

Offers a typology and a selection of typical biographical-reconstructive case studies 

Exhibits biographical and statistical paths to xenophobia and xenophilia 

Uses multivariate analyses with psychometric assessments and a triangulatory design

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Heinz Streib

Themen in »Xenosophia and Religion. Biographical and Statistical Paths for a Culture of Welcome«

Abrahamic Religion Inter-religious Prejudice Islamophobia and Anti-Semitism Psychology of Religion Religious Schemata Religious Styles Tolerance of Complexity Xenophobia and Religion Xenosophia and Xenophilia

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“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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