‘Believing Without Belonging’ in Twenty European Countries (1981–2008) De-institutionalization of Christianity or Spiritualization of Religion?
Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie’s theory about ‘believing without belonging’, this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between ‘believing’ and ‘belonging’ across countries. In doing so, two renditions of the theory that co-exist in...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Springer
[2020]
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Review of religious research
Année: 2020, Volume: 62, Numéro: 4, Pages: 509-531 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Europe
/ Laïcité
/ Dénomination (Religion)
/ Spiritualité
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Philosophie de la religion AD Sociologie des religions AG Vie religieuse CB Spiritualité chrétienne KBA Europe de l'Ouest KBK Europe de l'Est |
| Sujets non-standardisés: | B
Spirituality
B Traditional Christian religiosity B Mysticism B religious decline B Believing without belonging B Religious Change |
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| Résumé: | Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie’s theory about ‘believing without belonging’, this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between ‘believing’ and ‘belonging’ across countries. In doing so, two renditions of the theory that co-exist in Grace Davie’s work are distinguished, i.e., the typically foregrounded version about a de-institutionalization of Christianity and its often unnoticed counterpart about a spiritualization of religion. Societal growth curve modelling is applied to the data of the European Values Study for twenty European countries (1981-2008) to test hypotheses derived from both theories. The findings suggest that the typically foregrounded version of a de-institutionalization of Christianity needs to be rejected, while the typically unnoticed version of a spiritualization of religion is supported by the data. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-020-00432-z |