Religious Identification, Mixed Marriage and Conversion

Religious patterns of conversion are shown to differ depending upon whether the spouse was a Catholic or a Protestant, a wife or a husband. Patterns of conversion were mediated to some extent by the social status of the husband as suggested by the occupation of the husband. The decision to convert o...

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Published in:Journal for the scientific study of religion
Main Author: Salisbury, W. Seward (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [1969]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Further subjects:B Women
B Social classes
B Husbands
B Protestantism
B Spouses
B Catholicism
B Faith
B Marriage
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Summary:Religious patterns of conversion are shown to differ depending upon whether the spouse was a Catholic or a Protestant, a wife or a husband. Patterns of conversion were mediated to some extent by the social status of the husband as suggested by the occupation of the husband. The decision to convert or not to convert involves a confrontation between two religious systems, and it may also represent a clash between religious constraints and non-religious constraints.
ISSN:1468-5906
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.2307/1385260