Attitudes of the Nonreligious toward Abortion, Contraceptives, and Homosexuality: Comparing the Far East and Western Europe
Numerous studies have shown that the number of nonreligious people in the World is increasing and that people without religious affiliation demonstrate more liberal attitudes on controversial issues than affiliated people. Research suggests these differences may arise from the higher education level...
| Published in: | Journal of empirical theology |
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| Subtitles: | Special Issue: The Cultural Bias of Religiosity: Concepts, Measurements, and Results from Non-Western Perspectives, edited by Sarah Demmrich and Ulrich Riegel |
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Brill
[2020]
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Journal of empirical theology
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| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Far East
/ Europe
/ Sexual ethics
/ Irreligiousness
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| RelBib Classification: | AD Sociology of religion; religious policy KBA Western Europe KBM Asia NCF Sexual ethics |
| Further subjects: | B
Non-religious
B Homosexuality B Comparison B Far East B Abortion B contraceptive B Western Europe |
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| Summary: | Numerous studies have shown that the number of nonreligious people in the World is increasing and that people without religious affiliation demonstrate more liberal attitudes on controversial issues than affiliated people. Research suggests these differences may arise from the higher education level of the nonreligious and/or cultural context. To further explore the effects of culture on the attitudes of nonreligious, I analyze data from The Global Attitudes Project-Spring (2013). The data were downloaded from the Association of Religion Data Archives, www.TheARDA.com and were collected by Pew Research Center. When the data were analyzed, 6746 of the participants (18.2%) were found to be nonreligious. Three of the countries with the highest rate of nonreligious are from Western Europe (Czechia=69.5%, Britain=44.4%, Germany=35.3%) and three of them are from Far East (China=83.4%, Japan=45.4%, South Korea=42.6%). I compared attitudes of nonreligious from these countries (N=4581) towards abortion, contraception use, and homosexuality. The results indicate that nonreligious people living in the Far East find abortion, contraceptive use, and homosexuality more “morally unacceptable” than Western Europeans. This suggests that attitudes among the nonreligious are not homogenous, and that cultural factors are important variables to consider in future research. |
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| ISSN: | 1570-9256 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of empirical theology
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/15709256-12341400 |