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Religions 2012, 3, 710–724; doi:10.3390/rel3030710 OPEN ACCESS religions ISSN 2077-1444 /journal/religions Article The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) Stefan Huber 1,* and Odilo W. Huber 2 1 Faculty of Theology, Interreligious Studies, University of Berne, Unitobler, Länggassstrasse 51, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland 2 Department of Psychology, University of Fribourg, Rue de Faucigny 2, CH-1700 Fribourg, Switzerland; E-Mail: odilo.huber@unifr.ch; Tel.: +41-26-300-76-34 * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: stefan.huber@theol.unibe.ch; Tel.: +41-31-631-48-63; Fax: +41-31-631-82-24. Received: 9 July 2012; in revisedform: 30 July 2012 / Accepted: 8 August 2012 / Published: 20 August 2012 Abstract: The Centrality of Religiosity Scale (CRS) is a measure of the centrality, importance or salience of religious meanings in personality that has been applied yet in more than 100 studies in sociology of religion, psychology of religion and religious studies in 25 countries with in total more than 100,000 participants. It measures the general intensities of five theoretical defined core dimensions of religiosity. The dimensions of public practice, private practice, religious experience, ideology and the intellectual dimensions can together be considered as representative for the total of religious live. From a psychological perspective, the five core-dimensions can be seen as channels or modes in which personal religious constructs are shaped an