Review of <i>Deconversion: Qualitative and Quantitative Results from Cross-Cultural Research in Germany and the USA</i>

Abstract

In 'Deconversion' Streib and colleagues (2009) set out to examine the overlooked realm of religious deconversion: the active process by which individuals disaffiliate from religion. The 'Bielefeld-Based Cross-Cultural Study of Deconversion' consists of a mixed methods and cross-cultural approach to religious change in the USA and Germany. This work is a thoughtful consolidation of theoretical, empirical, and integrated methodological approaches to gaining a more comprehensive understanding of the trajectories and biographical narratives of deconverts.

Keywords

• deconversion, cross-cultural, USA, Germany, religious change, religious exiting