Table of Contents

Acknowledgement ... vii

Chapter One Introduction ... 1
1.1. Research problem ... 2
1.2. Research questions and aims ... 10
1.3. Conceptual model ... 14
1.4. Research Methods ... 18
1.5. Sampling method and data collection ... 20
1.6. Description of Research Population ... 23
1.7. Structure of the Book ... 25

Chapter Two Attitudes toward God ... 27
2.1. Images of God from a theoretical perspective ... 28
2.2. Images of God from an empirical perspective ... 44
2.3. Social location of the attitudes toward God ... 45

Chapter Three Attitudes toward Jesus ... 49
3.1. Images of Jesus from a theoretical perspective ... 50
3.2. Images of Jesus from an empirical perspective ... 79
3.3. Social location of the attitudes toward Jesus ... 81

Chapter Four Attitudes toward the Spirit ... 85
4.1. Images of the Spirit from a theoretical perspective ... 86
4.2. Images of the Spirit from an empirical perspective ... 100
4.3. Social location of the attitudes toward the Spirit ... 101

Chapter Five Attitudes toward Salvation ... 105
5.1. Images of salvation from a theoretical perspective ... 106
5.2. Images of salvation from an empirical perspective ... 128
5.3. Social location of the attitudes towards salvation ... 131

Chapter Six Attitudes toward the Church ... 135
6.1. Images of the church from a theoretical perspective ... 135
6.2. Images of the church from an empirical perspective ... 158
6.3. Social location of the attitudes toward the church ... 159

Chapter Seven Attitudes toward Minorities ... 163
7.1. Theoretical structure of the attitudes toward minorities ... 163
7.2. Attitudes toward minorities from an empirical perspective ... 175
7.3. Social location of the attitudes toward minorities ... 176

Chapter Eight Religion and Ethnocentrism ... 179
8.1. Characteristics of Civil Religion in the Netherlands ... 179
8.2. Reactions to civil religion among Dutch Catholics ... 192
8.3. Expected impact of religious attitudes on ethnocentrism ... 206
8.4. Empirical impact of religious attitudes on ethnocentrism ... 219

Chapter Nine Conclusion ... 229
9.1. Summary of findings ... 229
9.2. Theological evaluations, reflections, and statement of hypotheses ... 237
9.3. Recommendations for future research ... 248

Appendices & Tables ... 251
Bibliography ... 297
Index ... 317

About the Author

Dave D. Capucao obtained his PhD (2009) at the Radboud University Nijmegen, The Netherlands, and STD (2009) at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium. He is currently working as pastor of Sint Ludgerparochie in the 'Achterhoek', the Netherlands.