Examining the Impact of Religious Initiation Rites on Religiosity and Disaffiliation over Time

Early religion scholars stressed the importance of institutionalized "rites of passage" to integrate and reinvigorate groups themselves. Surprisingly, little work, however, has explored the efficacy of such rites for the religious lives of individuals. Although research has examined the tr...

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Authors: Perry, Samuel L. (Author) ; Longest, Kyle C. (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Wiley-Blackwell [2019]
In: Journal for the scientific study of religion
Year: 2019, Volume: 58, Issue: 4, Pages: 891-904
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Rite of passage / Religious identity / Religious group / Separation
RelBib Classification:AD Sociology of religion; religious policy
AG Religious life; material religion
Further subjects:B Baptism
B National Study of Youth and Religion
B Disaffiliation
B Religiosity
B rites of passage
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