In a qualitative study in 2012, Michael Ebertz and colleagues constructed characteristic types of processes of leaving the Roman Catholic Church in the Freiburg area of southern Germany. This article aims to replicate and supplement Ebertz’ findings through the analysis of problem-centered interviews of former Roman-Catholics in the north-western German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. With one exception, the types of processes could be replicated, and four additional types were added. The results show that processes of leaving the church are diverse and in many cases result from a long and complex process.

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重新审视离开教会的过程。埃伯茨关于离校者类型研究的复制

在 2012 年的一项定性研究中，Michael Ebertz 及其同事在德国南部弗莱堡地区构建了离开罗马天主教堂的典型过程类型。本文旨在通过对德国西北部北莱茵-威斯特法伦州前罗马天主教徒的以问题为中心的访谈分析，复制和补充 Ebertz 的发现。除了一个例外，可以复制流程类型，并添加了四种其他类型。结果表明，离开教会的过程是多种多样的，而且在许多情况下是一个漫长而复杂的过程。