Illustrations
Figures
0.1 The Flying Dragon with one head, two wings, four feet and one tail (Archeological discovery from a Han Dynasty brick carving) 2
3.1 Distribution of believers of various religions in university students 55
Tables
3.1 Sub-sampling frames 49
3.2 School sampling results 50
3.3 The frequency of thinking about the meaning and the purpose of life 52
3.4 The relation between the frequency of thinking about the meaning of life and its degree of unclarity 52
3.5 The degree of confusion over one’s own social position 53
3.6 The source of spiritual support to get through crisis 54
3.7 The interest in religions 55
3.8 The relation between the frequency of thinking about the meaning of life and religious beliefs 56
3.9 The relation between the degree of confusion over one’s own social position and religious beliefs 57
3.10 The relation between the degree of unclarity of the meaning of life and religious beliefs 58
3.11 Multivariate logit regression of the pursuit and scarcity of meaning and religious beliefs 60
6.1 German Protestant and Catholic church tax revenue 114