Interviewing religious practitioners

Example Questions: How and why did you become a member of this religious tradition? If you grew up in this religious tradition, was there a time that you decided to commit yourself independently to this tradition? Do you perform any daily (or weekly, monthly, etc) religious rituals? How long have you performed this ritual? Do you believe in a higher power? How do you describe this higher power? Or higher reality? How does your religious tradition view American society? Who is allowed to be an authority figure in your religious tradition? How does your religion influence your daily life? Are there particular texts or narratives in your religious tradition that are particularly important to you? Have your religious beliefs changed over the course of your life? Were there particular times during your life when you were more or less involved with your religion? Have you ever had a religious experience that changed the way you lived your life? How does your religion conceive of ‘the good life’? How does your religious tradition view the issue of gender? Does it promote gender equality? Are there any aspects of your religious tradition (ethical teachings, rituals) that you disagree with or would like to see changed? What do you think will happen to your religious tradition in a hundred years? Do you think it will grow, diminish, or change in any way? How do you view members of other religious traditions or those without any religion at all? Has your religion provided you with comfort/solace during these uncertain times (in regards to coronavirus outbreak)? Do you think that living through this outbreak will change the way you view your religion? Or change your religious tradition at all?