Book with results
Schweitzer, Friedrich / Ilg, Wolfgang / Simojoki, Henrik (eds.) (2010): Confirmation Work in Europe: Empirical Results, Experiences and Challenges. A Comparative Study from Seven Countries. Gütersloh. (Order form in English) (Order form in German)
ISBN: 978-3-579-08089-5
This volume contains the results of the first international-comparative empirical study on confirmation work in seven European countries (Austria, Denmark, Finland, Germany, Norway, Sweden, Switzerland). The confirmation work in each of the countries is described theoretically and empirically in parallel chapters, with information about the current situation as well as about the different models of confirmation work and practical experiences. Comparative chapters focus on core questions, concerning didactic issues and methods but also the meaning of confirmation work for church and society at large.
The book includes many new impulses that go beyond the traditional national contexts. It raises new questions and offers innovative perspectives for the praxis and theory of confirmation work.
The book is written by a team of authors from all of the participating countries. It is based on an empirical study with more than 28000 confirmands, parents and workers.
The book is part of a book series in the Gütersloher Verlagshaus / Germany (Information and Order form in English) (Information and Order form in German)
Annotated International Bibliography on Confirmation Work
Due to restricted space in the book, the annotated bibliography is not printed in the book but can be downloaded here (see book, p. 25):
Link to bibliography
A German version of the annotated bibliography is published in:
Internationale Forschungsbibliografie zur Konfirmandenarbeit (2009). in: Elsenbast, Volker; Schweitzer, Friedrich (Hg.): Konfirmandenarbeit erforschen. Ziele - Erfahrungen - Perspektiven. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, S. 215-222.
Questionnaires
All questionnaires can be downloaded here (English version).
Published Articles from the Project (Selection)
Christensen, Leise; Dormor, Duncan, Hoeg, Ida, Ilg, Wolfgang; Niemelä, Kati. 2010 Protestant confirmation in European perspective. in: Collins-Mayo, Sylvia / Dandelion, Pink (eds.) (2010): Religion and Youth. Ashgate, 181-189.
Cramer, Colin; Elsenbast, Volker; Ilg, Wolfgang; Schweitzer, Friedrich (2008): Konfirmandenarbeit erforschen: regional – national – international. Innovative Perspektiven einer empirischen Untersuchung zur kirchlichen Arbeit mit Kindern und Jugendlichen. in: ZPT - Zeitschrift für Pädagogik und Theologie 60, 104-118.
(Researching confirmation work on regional, national and international level)
Høeg, Ida Marie (2009): Konfirmasjonstiden har vært bra - jeg har fått litt mer kunnskap og hatt det fint sammen med de andre konfirmantene. Pp. 221-236 in: Lægdene, Stig (red.): Samfunnet i gudstjenesten. Praktisk-kirkelig årbok 2009. Hasvik: Brøytebil. ONLINE VERSION
(Confirmation time was nice - I increased my knowledge somewhat and I had a good time with the other confirmants)
Ilg, Wolfgang; Cramer, Colin (2009): Empirische Untersuchungen zur Konfirmandenarbeit. in: Schlag, Thomas; Neuberth, Rudi; Kunz, Ralph (Ed.): Konfirmandenarbeit in der pluralistischen Gesellschaft, Theologischer Verlag Zürich, 237-251.
(Empirical studies on confirmation work)
Krupka, Bernd (2009): Konfirmasjon som innlemming i kirkens tradisjon: Norske konfirmantmedarbeideres perspektiv på konfirmanttiden. Pp 237-254 in: Praktisk kirkelig årbok 2009. ONLINE VERSION
(Becoming a part of the tradition of the church: Norwegian confirmant workers' view on confirmation)
Schweitzer, Friedrich; Ilg, Wolfgang; Simojoki, Henrik (2009): Aufgaben, Möglichkeiten und Grenzen international-vergleichender Forschung zur Konfirmandenarbeit. in: Elsenbast, Volker; Schweitzer, Friedrich (Hg.): Konfirmandenarbeit erforschen. Ziele - Erfahrungen - Perspektiven. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus, 197-211.
(what can be expected from international comparative studies on confirmation work?)
Access to SPSS-data
- The dataset is accessible for scientists in SPSS-format. It is stored by the Leibniz Institute for the Social Sciences (GESIS, Germany) which is connected to CESSDA (Consortium for European Social Sciences) and IFDO (International Federation of Data Organizations).
- People who are interested in re-analyzing the datasets have to be advanced users of SPSS. Without knowledge about SPSS-Syntax, data selection, weighting cases and aggregated data, your analysis will not lead to correct results.We recommend to allow for at least one day for getting acquainted with the dataset.
- You find the dataset with the GESIS access-number ZA5226 (DOI:10.4232/1.10103)
Description of Dataset ZA5226
Ordering form for datasets from GESIS