Religiosity and spiritual engagement in two American Indian populations Article

Garroutte, EM, Beals, J, Keane, EM et al. (2009). Religiosity and spiritual engagement in two American Indian populations . JOURNAL FOR THE SCIENTIFIC STUDY OF RELIGION, 48(3), 480-500. 10.1111/j.1468-5906.2009.01461.x

cited authors

  • Garroutte, EM; Beals, J; Keane, EM; Kaufman, C; Spicer, P; Henderson, J; Henderson, PN; Mitchell, CM; Manson, SM; Big Crow, CK; Buchwald, D; Chambers, B; Christensen, ML; Dillard, DA; DuBray, K; Espinoza, PA; Fleming, CM; Frederick, AW; Gone, J; Gurley, D; Jervis, LL; Jim, SM; Klein, SA; Lee, D; McNulty, MC; Middlebrook, DL; Moore, LA; Nez, TD; Norton, IM; Novins, DK; O'Nell, T; Orton, HD; Randall, CJ; Sam, A; Shore, JH; Simpson, SG; Yazzie, L; Barón, AE; Begay, A; Begay, AT; Bell, CAE; Brewer, P; Chee, N; Cook, M; Curley, HJ; Davenport, MC; Dick, RW; Douville, MD; Knife, PD; Emhoolah, G; Flame, F; Green, R; Greene, BK; Herman, J; Holmes, T; Hubing, S; Joe, CR; Joe, LF; Martin, CL; Miller, J; Moran, RH; Murphy, NK; Nixon, M; Roanhorse, RL; Schwab, M; Settlemire, J; Shangreaux, DM; Shorty, MJ; Simmons, SSS; Smith, W; Soldier, TS; Truel, J; Trullinger, L; Tsinajinnie, A; Warren, JM; Wright, T; Yazzie, JJ; Young, SA; Alegria, M; Bromet, EJ; Buchwald, D; Guarnaccia, P; Heeringa, SG; Kessler, R; Turner, RJ; Vega, WA

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abstract

  • Social scientific investigation into the religiospiritual characteristics of American Indians rarely includes analysis of quantitative data. After reviewing information from ethnographic and autobiographical sources, we present analyses of data from a large, population-based sample of two tribes (n = 3,084). We examine salience of belief in three traditions: aboriginal, Christian, and Native American Church. We then investigate patterns in sociodemographic subgroups, determining the significant correlates of salience with other variables controlled. Finally, we examine frequency with which respondents assign high salience to only one tradition (exclusivity) or multiple traditions (nonexclusivity), again investigating subgroup variations. This first detailed, statistical portrait of American Indian religious and spiritual lives links work on tribal ethnic identity to theoretical work on America's "religious marketplace." Results may also inform social/behavioral interventions that incorporate religiospiritual elements. © 2009 Society for the Scientific Study of Religion.

publication date

  • September 15, 2009

published in

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start page

  • 480

end page

  • 500

volume

  • 48

issue

  • 3