Confessional culture, religiosity, and traditionalism: tracing the influence of religion on public attitudes towards European integration
Religion has long played an important role in the European integration process. Here we review competing confessional visions of ‘Europe’ and summarise empirical findings on their influence on public support for the European Union (EU). In the EU’s early years Catholics – especially if observant – c...
| Published in: | Religion, state & society |
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| Subtitles: | Religion in the European Parliament: between nation and Europe |
| Authors: | ; |
| Format: | Electronic Article |
| Language: | English |
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Routledge
2023
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| In: |
Religion, state & society
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| Further subjects: | B
Integration
B European Union B Confessional cultures B Religiosity B religious traditionalism |
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| Summary: | Religion has long played an important role in the European integration process. Here we review competing confessional visions of ‘Europe’ and summarise empirical findings on their influence on public support for the European Union (EU). In the EU’s early years Catholics – especially if observant – consistently favoured integration more than Protestants, a deep-seated difference that survived statistical controls for other factors. In recent years, however, religion’s impact has changed: (1) religiosity has replaced confessional identity as the most influential religious factor, as the devout in all traditions favour the EU; (2) religious traditionalism, previously tied to religiosity, now plays an independent role, with those defending the authority of the Bible and other traditional forms of religious guidance more sceptical of the EU; and (3) continuing secularisation has eroded support for the EU, both by reducing the ranks of the religious and by ‘decoupling’ religious influences from integration attitudes, especially among the young. We examine these changes in an analysis of the 2019 European Election Study. |
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| ISSN: | 1465-3974 |
| Contains: | Enthalten in: Religion, state & society
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1080/09637494.2023.2261551 |