Deconversion is a dynamical biographical process with long-term, slowly changing causes and consequences. Based on quantitative and qualitive data, Deconversion Revisited presents ten longitudinal case studies representing the lifespan from early adulthood to old age. These case studies are based on reinterviews with the Faith Development Interview and questionnaire data ten years later. The data yield insight in stability and change of biographies, faith development, psychological well-being and coping with disengagement from a variety of religious backgrounds.

Prof. Dr. Heinz Streib ist Seniorprofessor für Forschung an der Universität Bielefeld und Leiter der Forschungsstelle Biographische Religionsforschung.

Deconversion is a dynamical biographical process with long-term, slowly changing causes and consequences. Streib et al. present ten longitudinal case studies representing the lifespan from early adulthood to old age. Ten years ago, in the study Deconversion (2009), the variety of migrations in the religious field supported a typology of four types: pursuit of autonomy, life-long quests and late revisions, barred from paradise, and finding a new frame of reference. The new data presented now in Deconversion Revisited yield insight in stability and change of biographies, faith development, psychological well-being and coping with disengagement.