Secularization - Still Going Strong?: What Remains When Cross-sectional Differences Are Eliminated from a Longitudinal Analysis
The tendency of decreasing religiosity is explained by the theory of secularization through differentiation and pluralization. Using the ess 2002-2016, the impacts of both on church attendance and self-ascribed religiosity are tested, controlling for determinants of religiosity—that is, for belongin...
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| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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| Interlibrary Loan: | Interlibrary Loan for the Fachinformationsdienste (Specialized Information Services in Germany) |
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[2020]
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| In: |
Journal of religion in Europe
Year: 2019, Volume: 12, Issue: 3, Pages: 231-259 |
| Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains: | B
Secularism
/ Irreligiousness
/ Longitudinalstudy
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| RelBib Classification: | AA Study of religion AB Philosophy of religion; criticism of religion; atheism |
| Further subjects: | B
Cohort analysis
B longitudinal multi-level analysis B self-attributed religiosity B Pluralization B Church Attendance B Differentiation |
| Online Access: |
Volltext (Publisher) Volltext (doi) |
| Summary: | The tendency of decreasing religiosity is explained by the theory of secularization through differentiation and pluralization. Using the ess 2002-2016, the impacts of both on church attendance and self-ascribed religiosity are tested, controlling for determinants of religiosity—that is, for belonging (cohort and denomination) and choice (education, urban residence, marriage, parenthood, and employment)—with multi-level models separating between- from within-country effects. Without controls, time negatively affects religiosity: there is a secularization tendency. But controlling for cohort and denomination annihilates this effect and strongly reduces individual-level as well as country-level error variances. Effects of belonging are stronger than those of choice, cohort succession has a negative effect, and religiosity differs between denominations. Differentiation and pluralization have only a few effects between countries and only one within countries such that secularization theory is not confirmed. |
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| ISSN: | 1874-8929 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Journal of religion in Europe
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1163/18748929-01203001 |
