Measuring the Social Perception of Religious Freedom: A Sociological Perspective

This article discusses the construction of the measuring instrument for the study of social perception of religious freedom (SPRF). We provide an overview of existing definitions of religious freedom from a social-science perspective, which ground the empirical research of religious freedom and desc...

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Auteurs: Breskaja, Olʹga Jurʹevna 1973- (Auteur) ; Giordan, Giuseppe 1966- (Auteur)
Type de support: Électronique Article
Langue:Anglais
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Publié: MDPI [2019]
Dans: Religions
Année: 2019, Volume: 10, Numéro: 4, Pages: 1-18
Sujets non-standardisés:B sociology of human rights
B sociology of religious freedom
B Religious Freedom
B Empirical Research
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Résumé:This article discusses the construction of the measuring instrument for the study of social perception of religious freedom (SPRF). We provide an overview of existing definitions of religious freedom from a social-science perspective, which ground the empirical research of religious freedom and describe the conceptualization of SPRF. We focus on the operationalization model and introduce the operational variables for the SPRF research, also emphasizing the political, religious, and human rights contexts of independent variables. Finally, the results of exploratory factor analysis that allow to construct the balanced model of SPRF based on statistically weighted factors and scales are presented. The theoretical and statistically tested instrument is discussed as a result of this analysis.
ISSN:2077-1444
Contient:Enthalten in: Religions
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.3390/rel10040274