Religiosity in South Africa: trends among the public and elites
This article uses statistical data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the South African Opinion Leader Survey to examine religiosity among the following samples of South Africans: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu speaking Protestants, Catholics, African Independent Church (AIC) members a...
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| Type de support: | Électronique Article |
| Langue: | Anglais |
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Univ.
[2017]
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Scriptura <Stellenbosch>
Année: 2017, Volume: 116, Numéro: 1, Pages: 1-12 |
| Sujets / Chaînes de mots-clés standardisés: | B
Christianisme
/ Religiosité
/ Sécularisation
/ Valeur
/ World Values Survey
/ Südafrika
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| RelBib Classification: | AG Vie religieuse CA Christianisme KBN Afrique subsaharienne |
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| Résumé: | This article uses statistical data from the World Values Survey (WVS) and the South African Opinion Leader Survey to examine religiosity among the following samples of South Africans: Afrikaans, English, isiXhosa and isiZulu speaking Protestants, Catholics, African Independent Church (AIC) members and non-religious people (public and parliamentarians). We find that mainline Protestant churches have suffered a loss of members, thus changing the denominational face of the country. Additionally, although South Africans remain very religious, the importance of God in their lives has declined. For many people God is now less important although not unimportant. Parliamentarians appear unaffected by these changes: God is still highly important to members of parliament who profess Christianity (the majority). However, the small number of parliamentarians who are not religious now think God is unimportant. |
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| ISSN: | 2305-445X |
| Contient: | Enthalten in: Scriptura |
| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.7833/116-1-1287 |