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Kirchen weiter auf der Verliererstraße - Inferno und Aberglauben im Aufwind?

Churches still on the losing path - inferno and superstition on the increase?
[journal article]

Terwey, Michael

Abstract

'Am Beginn dieser Arbeit steht eine kurze Einführung in die Bedeutungen von 'Säkularisierung' und 'Religion'. Empirisch wird ein Schwergewicht zunächst auf die soziographische Beschreibung der gegenwärtigen Lage in den Volkskirchen Deutschlands gelegt. Anschließend gehen wir verschiedenen Entwicklun... view more

'Am Beginn dieser Arbeit steht eine kurze Einführung in die Bedeutungen von 'Säkularisierung' und 'Religion'. Empirisch wird ein Schwergewicht zunächst auf die soziographische Beschreibung der gegenwärtigen Lage in den Volkskirchen Deutschlands gelegt. Anschließend gehen wir verschiedenen Entwicklungen auf dem Gebiet subjektiver Religiosität nach. Die Gegenüberstellung von Ergebnissen unterstützt u.a. die Annahmen einer religiösen Privatisierung sowie einer Wiederbelebung von längst als im Schwinden angenommenen Vorstellungen und Bräuchen.' (Autorenreferat)... view less


'Secularization and religion are introduced as some guiding concepts for the following analyses. The first part of the empirical investigation focuses on the present crisis of churches in Germany. Less decline appears for personal religiosity in Western Germany, against which Eastern Germany has sho... view more

'Secularization and religion are introduced as some guiding concepts for the following analyses. The first part of the empirical investigation focuses on the present crisis of churches in Germany. Less decline appears for personal religiosity in Western Germany, against which Eastern Germany has shown severe cuts in church engagement and religiosity. Finally, it is astonishing that some beliefs and customs, which were supposed to vanish, become more prevalent again.' (author's abstract)|... view less

Keywords
old federal states; church attendance; Federal Republic of Germany; Protestant church; Catholic Church (Roman); New Federal States; faith; church; east-west comparison; leaving the church; secularization; religiousness; superstition; self-assessment; religion

Classification
Sociology of Religion

Method
descriptive study; empirical; quantitative empirical

Document language
German

Publication Year
2003

Page/Pages
p. 93-119

Journal
ZA-Information / Zentralarchiv für Empirische Sozialforschung (2003) 52

Status
Published Version; reviewed

Licence
Deposit Licence - No Redistribution, No Modifications


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