Catholic Commitment Around the Globe: A 52- Country Analysis

This article investigates variation in Catholic religious commitment in different macro world regions. Although sociologists have examined variation in Catholic religiosity, this research has tended to be limited to Western European and Latin American contexts and has not gone beyond employing more...

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VerfasserInnen: Conway, Brian 1976- (VerfasserIn) ; Spruyt, Bram (VerfasserIn)
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Sprache:Englisch
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Veröffentlicht: Wiley-Blackwell [2018]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Jahr: 2018, Band: 57, Heft: 2, Seiten: 276-299
normierte Schlagwort(-folgen):B World Values Survey / Interkulturalität / Katholizismus / Religiosität
RelBib Classification:CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität
CH Christentum und Gesellschaft
KDB Katholische Kirche
weitere Schlagwörter:B Catholicism
B Survey Research
B Religious Commitment
B world regions
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Zusammenfassung:This article investigates variation in Catholic religious commitment in different macro world regions. Although sociologists have examined variation in Catholic religiosity, this research has tended to be limited to Western European and Latin American contexts and has not gone beyond employing more than one measure of religiosity. In addition, prior research has rarely examined the effect of several explanatory frameworks together. Drawing on data from the European and World Values Survey as well as national-level data, we test for the influence of secularization/existential security, religious markets, and historical legacies on self-rated importance of God, private prayer, and church attendance across 52 countries in five world macro-regional contexts-Africa, Asia, Europe, Latin America, and Oceania-of the church. Our findings provide strong support for the existential security perspective and partial support for the historical legacy perspectives. We conclude with implications for the study of religion and society in general.
ISSN:1468-5906
Enthält:Enthalten in: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.1111/jssr.12512