Beliefs

Beliefs and Spirituality

Hello, I am Gary Averill, a seminary student at Spiritual Life Seminary. I am working on my research project. Could you please fill this out this short (less than 5 minutes) survey. There is not a lot of information about how Americans and others especially those born after 1980 feel about their spirituality. So this survey is an attempt to look at this issue. The results will be used for my thesis paper and possibly for a journal article. This is an area of great interest since religious views are changing. As you can see no names are asked for this is not to look at the individual but more the group. To increase the number of participants, an incentive has been added for those interested. This incentive is a 30 dollar Amazon gift card raffle. The email winning e mail address will be drawn on March 31st, 2016. If you do the survey and want to participate in the raffle email me at faithsurvey62@outlook.com to tell me you took the survey or enter your e mail address on Question 13. Only the winning e mail address will be notified so as to send them the gift certificate. All participants will still remain anonymous. The e mail address is for no other purpose than the raffle.

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* 1. Do you identify with any of the following religions? (Please select all that apply.)

Protestantism

Catholicism

Christianity

Judaism

Islam

Buddhism

Hinduism

Native American

Inter/Non-denominational

No religion

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How old are you?

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* 3. What is your gender?

Female

Male

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* 4. Describe what God looks like to you to you:

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* 5. What does it mean to be religious or spiritual to you?

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* 6. What did your parents teach you about religion, spirituality, or nonbeliefs (i.e atheist)?

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* 7. How do you practice your spiritual or religious life list activities such as running, chanting, church, prayer etc.?

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* 8. Who do you talk to about your spirituality, religion or nonbeliefs (i.e.athiest) chose as many that fit you

close friends

people on my social network (Twitter, Facebook for example)

family

people I work with

people I worship with

Other (please specify)

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* 9. Spirituality

	Not at all	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Very much so
Do you care if you are spiritual or religious?	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? Not at all	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 2	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 3	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 4	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 5	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 6	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 7	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 8	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? 9	Do you care if you are spiritual or religious? Very much so
How spiritual are you?	How spiritual are you? Not at all	How spiritual are you? 2	How spiritual are you? 3	How spiritual are you? 4	How spiritual are you? 5	How spiritual are you? 6	How spiritual are you? 7	How spiritual are you? 8	How spiritual are you? 9	How spiritual are you? Very much so
How religious are you?	How religious are you? Not at all	How religious are you? 2	How religious are you? 3	How religious are you? 4	How religious are you? 5	How religious are you? 6	How religious are you? 7	How religious are you? 8	How religious are you? 9	How religious are you? Very much so
How connected to God are you?	How connected to God are you? Not at all	How connected to God are you? 2	How connected to God are you? 3	How connected to God are you? 4	How connected to God are you? 5	How connected to God are you? 6	How connected to God are you? 7	How connected to God are you? 8	How connected to God are you? 9	How connected to God are you? Very much so
How connected to the Universe are you?	How connected to the Universe are you? Not at all	How connected to the Universe are you? 2	How connected to the Universe are you? 3	How connected to the Universe are you? 4	How connected to the Universe are you? 5	How connected to the Universe are you? 6	How connected to the Universe are you? 7	How connected to the Universe are you? 8	How connected to the Universe are you? 9	How connected to the Universe are you? Very much so

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* 10. What influences my religious beliefs, spiritual beliefs, or nonbeliefs (i.e. atheist)

	Not at all	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	Very much so
my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.)	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) Not at all	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 2	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 3	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 4	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 5	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 6	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 7	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 8	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) 9	my social media (Twitter, Facebook etc.) Very much so
close friends	close friends Not at all	close friends 2	close friends 3	close friends 4	close friends 5	close friends 6	close friends 7	close friends 8	close friends 9	close friends Very much so
media (example: news stories)	media (example: news stories) Not at all	media (example: news stories) 2	media (example: news stories) 3	media (example: news stories) 4	media (example: news stories) 5	media (example: news stories) 6	media (example: news stories) 7	media (example: news stories) 8	media (example: news stories) 9	media (example: news stories) Very much so
family	family Not at all	family 2	family 3	family 4	family 5	family 6	family 7	family 8	family 9	family Very much so
what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books Not at all	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 2	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 3	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 4	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 5	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 6	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 7	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 8	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books 9	what I read or hear on the internet and other places such as books Very much so
classes or other teachings	classes or other teachings Not at all	classes or other teachings 2	classes or other teachings 3	classes or other teachings 4	classes or other teachings 5	classes or other teachings 6	classes or other teachings 7	classes or other teachings 8	classes or other teachings 9	classes or other teachings Very much so
work or other casual people I know	work or other casual people I know Not at all	work or other casual people I know 2	work or other casual people I know 3	work or other casual people I know 4	work or other casual people I know 5	work or other casual people I know 6	work or other casual people I know 7	work or other casual people I know 8	work or other casual people I know 9	work or other casual people I know Very much so
the place I worship	the place I worship Not at all	the place I worship 2	the place I worship 3	the place I worship 4	the place I worship 5	the place I worship 6	the place I worship 7	the place I worship 8	the place I worship 9	the place I worship Very much so

Other (please specify)

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* 11. If you do not believe in spirituality or God what does your beliefs look like

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* 12. Any last thoughts or comments:

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* 13. THIS QUESTION IS ONLY FOR THOSE WHO WANT TO ENTER THE RAFFLE AND IT IS NOT PART OF THE SURVEY

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