Introduction / Heinz Streib
Three paradigms for the study of religion / Johannes A. van der Ven
Empirical theology: defining the task and selecting the tools / Leslie J. Francis
From action to lived experience: considering methodological problems of modern practical theology / Hans-Günter Heimbrock
Empirical theology and brain research / Tobias Kläden
Practical theology theory-building based on a pragmatic notion of weak rationality / Chris Hermans
Ritual praxis: defining passage rites from an action perspective / Hans Schilderman
Religious praxis, de-institutionalized: theoretical and empirical considerations / Heinz Streib
Rethinking church in liquid modernity / Kees de Groot
Empirical considerations in religious praxis and reflection in the teaching situation: a conceptual map / Don Browning
Are religious beliefs relevant in daily life? / Stefan Huber
Religious development in a lifespan perspective / Ulrich Feeser-Lichterfeld, Tobias Kläden & Anke Terörde
Religiosity and gender identity of female adolescents: narrative religious identity of young Catholic women / Angela Kaupp
Adolescents and computer-based new media: paradigmatic insights of an empirical field study on the structure of empirical theology / Astrid Dinter
Predicting trust in the pastor : a German study / Carsten Gennerich.