Investigation of the Developmental Model of Christian Religiosity for Japanese Christian Adolescents (late adolescence) of Holiness Church

摘要

The purpose of this study was to investigate the developmental model of u22Christian religiosity(by Glock, 1962; Verbit, 1970)u22 for Japanese Christian Adolescents (late adolescence: 18-25 years of age) of Holiness church. The relations and differences between phases in the developmental model of Christian religiosity of Holiness church Adolescents (N=71) were examined with the developmental model of Christian religiosity(Matsushima, 2007; Matsushima & Miyashita, 2008)by life history method and Religious Consciousness Scale, Religious Knowledge Test, and Religious Behavior Scale (Matsushima, 2005, 2007). The result suggested that Christian on significantly higher scores of Religious Consciousness Scale, Religious Knowledge Test, and Religious Behavior Scale corresponded to the process of the developmental model of Christian religiosity. However,the result showed that the phases in the developmental model of Christian religiosity after the phase of higher level of conversion had little relation.