Deconversion Revisited

Prof. Dr. Heinz Streib ist Seniorprofessor für Forschung an der Universität Bielefeld und Leiter der Forschungsstelle Biographische Religionsforschung.Dr. Barbara Keller is a senior researcher in the Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion at Bielefeld University and a licensed psychoanalyst in Cologne.Dr. Ramona Bullik is a post-doctoral researcher at Bielefeld University in the Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion.Anika Steppacher is a researcher at Bielefeld University in the Research Center for Biographical Studies in Contemporary Religion.Christopher F. Silver, PhD is an assistant professor in learning and leadership and an instructor in psychology at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Matthew C. Durham is a doctoral student at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Sally B. Barker is a doctoral student in the Psychological Sciences program at the University of Maine, USA.Ralph W. Hood, Jr., PhD is professor of psychology and LeRoy A. Martin Distinguished Professor of Religious Studies at the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.Daria Pezzoli-Olgiati ist Professorin für Religionswissenschaft und Religionsgeschichte an der Evangelisch-Theologischen Fakultät der Universität München.Dr. päd. Hans-Günter Heimbrock ist Professor für Praktische Theologie am Fachbereich Evangelische Theologie der J. W. Goethe Universität Frankfurt a. M.

Deconversion is a dynamical biographical process with long-term, slowly changing causes and consequences. Based on quantitative and qualitive data, Deconversion Revisited presents ten longitudinal case studies representing the lifespan from early adulthood to old age. These case studies are based on reinterviews with the Faith Development Interview and questionnaire data ten years later. The data yield insight in stability and change of biographies, faith development, psychological well-being and coping with disengagement from a variety of religious backgrounds.

Ten years after the publication of the study Deconversion, case studies based on reinterviews and questionnaire answers yield insight in the development of the participants from a variety of religious backgrounds.There is not only stability, but change in faith development.

Ten years after the publication of the study Deconversion, case studies based on reinterviews and questionnaire answers yield insight in the development of the participants from a variety of religious backgrounds.