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Religiosity in the major religious cultures of the world
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Abstract
Compared to other cross-national surveys, the religion-modules of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) include a larger number of indicators on individual religiosity and thus allow for more differentiated analyses of cross-national differences. In this paper, we use these findings to po... view more
Compared to other cross-national surveys, the religion-modules of the International Social Survey Programme (ISSP) include a larger number of indicators on individual religiosity and thus allow for more differentiated analyses of cross-national differences. In this paper, we use these findings to point out in which ways the forms and development of religiosity differ between the major religious cultures of the world. In order to have a sufficient number of cases for all geographical macro-regions, three data sources were used: ISSP 2018 data from 37 countries, the 2018 Templeton survey that fielded ISSP 2018 survey questions in another 10 non-European countries, and data from the ISSP 2008 religion module for 10 countries that did not participate in ISSP 2018. The comparison covers three dimensions: religious affiliation and non-affiliation, private and public forms of religious practice, and different types of religious beliefs. In the final section, we discuss what conclusions can be drawn from the results with regard to the secularization thesis, i.e., the assumption that socioeconomic modernization leads to a decline in individual religiosity.... view less
Keywords
religiousness; religion; comparative research; ISSP; regional difference; Western world; Latin America; Far East; South Asia; Middle East; North Africa; Africa South of the Sahara
Classification
Sociology of Religion
Free Keywords
Religiosity; religious cultures; cross-national-comparison; world religions; ISSP 2008 "Religion III" - ZA No. 4950; ISSP 2018 "Religion IV" - ZA No. 7570
Document language
English
Publication Year
2021
Page/Pages
p. 345-359
Journal
International journal of sociology, 51 (2021) 5
Issue topic
The ISSP Modules on Religion 1991-2018
DOI
https://doi.org/10.1080/00207659.2021.1958181
ISSN
1557-9336
Status
Published Version; peer reviewed
Licence
Creative Commons - Attribution-Noncommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0