IEQ Questionaire

This test is designed to evaluate your religious orientation in terms of I-E-Q.

In order to obtain valid results, you need to answer all the questions. Examine the following statements and indicate how well it describes you or how often you feel that way. If you are uncertain how to answer an item, your first inclination is best.

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1. What religion offers most is comfort when sorrows and misfortune strike.

2. I try hard to carry my religion over into all my other dealings in life.

3. I was not very interested in religion until I began to ask questions about the meaning and purpose of life.

4. Religion helps to keep my life balanced and steady in exactly the same way as my citizenship, friendships and other memberships do.

5. One reason for my being a church member is that such membership helps to establish a person in the community.

6. It might be said that I value my religious doubts and uncertainties.

7. The purpose of prayer is to secure a happy and peaceful life.

8. As I grow and change, I expect my religion also to grow and change.

9. It doesn't matter so much what I beleive so long as I lead a moral life.

10. Quite often I have been keenly aware of the presence of God or the Divine Being.

11. I have been driven to ask religious questions out of a growing awareness of the tensions in my world and in my relation to my world.

12. My religious beliefs are what really lie behind my whole approach to life.

13. The prayers I say when I am alone carry as much meaning and personal emotion as those said by me during services.

14. For me, doubting is an important part of what it means to be religious.

15. Although I am a religious person I refuse to lest religious considerations influence my everyday affairs.

16. I am constantly questioning my religious beliefs.

17. The church is most important as a place to formulate good social relationships.

18. Although I believe in my religion, I feel there are many more important things in life.

19. My life experiences have led me to rethink my religious convictions.

20. If not prevented by unavoidable circumstances, I attend church.

21. I find religious doubts upsetting.

22. If I were to join a church group I would prefer to join a Bible study group rather than a social fellowship.

23. I pray chiefly because I have been taught to pray.

24. I do not expect my religious convictions to change in the next few years.

25. The primary purpose of prayer is to gain relief and protection.

26. Religion is especially important to me because it answers many questions about the meaning of life.

27. A primary reason for my interest in religion is that my church is a congenial social activity.

28. God wasn't very important for me until I began to ask questions about the meaning of my own life.

29. I read literature about my faith or church.

30. Occasionally I find it necessary to compromise

31. Questions are far more central to my religious experience than are answers.

32. It is important to me to spend periods of time in private religious thought and meditaion.

33. There are many religious issues on which my views are still changing.

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		Not at all descriptive of me		Half way descriptive of me			Perfectly descriptive of me
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1.	What religion offers most is comfort when sorrows and misfortune strike.
2.	I try hard to carry my religion over into all my other dealings in life.
3.	I was not very interested in religion until I began to ask questions about the meaning and purpose of life.
4.	Religion helps to keep my life balanced and steady in exactly the same way as my citizenship, friendships and other memberships do.
5.	One reason for my being a church member is that such membership helps to establish a person in the community.
6.	It might be said that I value my religious doubts and uncertainties.
7.	The purpose of prayer is to secure a happy and peaceful life.
8.	As I grow and change, I expect my religion also to grow and change.
9.	It doesn't matter so much what I beleive so long as I lead a moral life.
10.	Quite often I have been keenly aware of the presence of God or the Divine Being.
11.	I have been driven to ask religious questions out of a growing awareness of the tensions in my world and in my relation to my world.
12.	My religious beliefs are what really lie behind my whole approach to life.
13.	The prayers I say when I am alone carry as much meaning and personal emotion as those said by me during services.
14.	For me, doubting is an important part of what it means to be religious.
15.	Although I am a religious person I refuse to lest religious considerations influence my everyday affairs.
16.	I am constantly questioning my religious beliefs.
17.	The church is most important as a place to formulate good social relationships.
18.	Although I believe in my religion, I feel there are many more important things in life.
19.	My life experiences have led me to rethink my religious convictions.
20.	If not prevented by unavoidable circumstances, I attend church.
21.	I find religious doubts upsetting.
22.	If I were to join a church group I would prefer to join a Bible study group rather than a social fellowship.
23.	I pray chiefly because I have been taught to pray.
24.	I do not expect my religious convictions to change in the next few years.
25.	The primary purpose of prayer is to gain relief and protection.
26.	Religion is especially important to me because it answers many questions about the meaning of life.
27.	A primary reason for my interest in religion is that my church is a congenial social activity.
28.	God wasn't very important for me until I began to ask questions about the meaning of my own life.
29.	I read literature about my faith or church.
30.	Occasionally I find it necessary to compromise
31.	Questions are far more central to my religious experience than are answers.
32.	It is important to me to spend periods of time in private religious thought and meditaion.
33.	There are many religious issues on which my views are still changing.