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Cultural Christian A Qualitative Measure (CCQC)

Christian-Secular Culture 2025


Assessment name: Cultural Christian: A Qualitative Questionnaire (CCQC)


Scale overview: The Cultural Christian: A Qualitative Questionnaire (CCQC) consists of a set of questions designed to identify how closely an interviewee aligns with the characteristics of a cultural Christian, as opposed to someone who actively adheres to the core tenets of Christianity and participates in a recognized Christian denomination or group.

Author: Geoffrey W. Sutton

Response Type: Open-ended questions.

SCALE ITEMS

The following questions can aid in interviews and research on Christian types. Clinicians and researchers can adjust these questions based on their needs. The answers can help differentiate between cultural Christians and those deeply committed to core Christian beliefs and active in a Christian community.

[Read more about Cultural Christianity at https://suttonpsychology.blogspot.com/2025/01/cultural-christian-psychology-of.html ]

QUESTIONS

1. What Christian holidays do you celebrate?

   Briefly, how do you celebrate those holidays? For example, do you attend church?

2. What Christian ministries do you participate in? For example, do you sing or play an instrument in a church or serve as a volunteer in a church ministry?

3. What Christian practices are an important part of your life? For example, prayer, bible reading, or regular church attendance.

4. What Christian moral values are important to you? For example, what are your beliefs about the following moral issues Christian leaders preach about?

   Abortion

  Contraception

  Divorce and remarriage

  Sexual relationships outside marriage

  Same-sex relationships and marriage

  

5. What are your views about Christian virtues such as the following?

  Demonstrating compassion for the poor

  Forgiving those who hurt you

  Expressing gratitude

  Expressing generosity

 Living a humble life


6. What are your views about Christian doctrines or beliefs? Following are a few examples:

  Jesus is the Son of God.

  God is a triune being referred to as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit

  Jesus was born to Mary who was a virgin.

  People who do not accept Jesus as their personal saviour will spend the afterlife in hell.

  God heals some people in response to prayer without any human interventions.

  Are there any other beliefs that are highly important to you?

CATEGORIZING ANSWERS

These categories help differentiate cultural Christians from committed ones. Please add a note and reference in the comments section. Experienced users may further divide responses of committed Christians into conservative and progressive beliefs and values.

Positive indicators of Cultural Christianity as the primary type of Christianity

Holidays (H) Christian holidays like Christmas and Easter are mostly celebrated as secular occasions

Practices (P) Few or limited participation in Christian practices like baptisms, church weddings, church funerals.

Ministries (M) Participation in Christian ministries focuses on the activity rather than worship e.g., singling in a choir, playing in a church band or orchestra, helping with community projects

Christian Values- Secular (CVS) Endorses several Christian values but not necessarily from a scriptural foundation e.g., values forgiveness, generosity, peacemaking, social justice

Christian Morality-Secular (CMS) Provides secular reasons for moral beliefs regarding various topics such as abortion or same-sex marriage.

Negative Indicators – Features not commonly associated with Culture Christianity

Christian Supernaturalism (CS) Expresses strong beliefs in Christianity’s supernatural realm such as beliefs in angels, demons, heaven, and hell.

Christian Theology (CT) Expresses strong beliefs in core theological claims such as belief in a personal relational God as a triune being of Father, Son, and Holy spirit.

Christian Doctrine (CD) Expresses a strong commitment to the beliefs and practices of an identifiable branch of Christianity such as Roman Catholic, Orthodox, or one of the Protestant denominations or groups.

Miracles (M) Expresses beliefs in divine causes of events in the natural world such as healing miracles or weather events like hurricanes

Christian Values- Biblical (CVB) Endorses several Christian values based on the Bible or church teaching e.g., values forgiveness, generosity, peacemaking, social justice

Christian Morality-Biblical (CMB) Provides biblical or faith-based reasons for moral beliefs regarding various topics such as abortion or same-sex marriage.

Other Religious Identity (ORI) Does not specifically identify with another religion or expression of spirituality

Not Religious (NR) Does not specifically identify as nonreligious, none, done, agnostic, or an atheist (unless affirming they are cultural Christians)



Psychometric properties: This qualitative measure has been proposed and not yet tested in research.


Availability: The items and scoring are in this post. Graduate students and professors having coursework in assessment may use or modify these items for educational and research purposes provided they cite this post.


References for the scale: Cite this post.

Sutton, G. W. (2025, January 28). Cultural Christian: A Qualitative Questionnaire. Assessment, Statistics, and Research.  https://statistics.suttong.com/2025/01/cultural-christian-qualitative-measure.html



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