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Other researchers have found different dimensions, ranging generally from four to twelve components. What most measures of religiosity find is that there is at least some distinction between religious belief, religious practice, and Spirituality . For example, one can believe in the truthfulness of the Bible (belief dimension), but never attend a church or even belong to an organized religion (practice dimension). Another example might be an individual who does not hold orthodox Christian beliefs (belief dimension), but does attend a Charismatic Worship service (practice dimension) in order to develop his/her sense of oneness with the Divine (spirituality dimension). Finally, an individual could disavow all beliefs associated with organized religions (belief dimension), not affiliate with an organized religion or attend religious services (practice dimension), but believe strongly in a higher power and feel that their connection with that higher power is very meaningful (spirituality dimension). Keep in mind, however, that these are just explanatory examples of the broadest dimensions of religiosity and that they may not be reflected in specific religiosity measures. It should also be noted that most dimensions of religiosity are correlated, meaning people who often attend church services (practice dimension) are also likely to score highly on the belief and spirituality dimensions. But, and this is the importance of delineating the different components of religiosity, individuals do not have to score high on all dimensions or low on all dimensions; their scores can vary by dimension. GENES AND ENVIRONMENT The contributions of Genes and Environment to religiosity have been quantified in Twin Studies (Bouchard ''et al', 1999; Kirk ''et al', 1999). Koenig ''et al'' (2005) report that the contribution of genes to variation in religiosity (called Heritability ) increases from 12% to 44%, and the contribution of shared (family) effects decreases from 56% to 18% between Adolescence as compared to Adulthood . REFERENCES
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