Looking Beyond the Church Tax: Families and the Disaffiliation of Austrian Roman Catholics

This study aims to understand the reasons why Roman Catholics leave the church based on the example of Austria, a country with high rates of disaffiliation since the 1980s. Although previous research focused mainly on the church tax, this study provides a more comprehensive analysis based on a mixed...

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Authors: Berghammer, Caroline (Author) ; Krivanek, Desiree (Author) ; Zartler, Ulrike (Author)
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Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2017]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2017, Volume: 56, Issue: 3, Pages: 514-535
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Austria / Family / Catholic / Leaving the church
RelBib Classification:CB Christian life; spirituality
KBB German language area
KDB Roman Catholic Church
Further subjects:B Church membership
B religious disaffiliation
B Religious Socialization
B Family
B leaving the church
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