‘Believing Without Belonging’ in Twenty European Countries (1981–2008) De-institutionalization of Christianity or Spiritualization of Religion?
Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie’s theory about ‘believing without belonging’, this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between ‘believing’ and ‘belonging’ across countries. In doing so, two renditions of the theory that co-exist in...
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| Medienart: | Elektronisch Aufsatz |
| Sprache: | Englisch |
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Springer
[2020]
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Review of religious research
Jahr: 2020, Band: 62, Heft: 4, Seiten: 509-531 |
| normierte Schlagwort(-folgen): | B
Europa
/ Säkularismus
/ Denomination (Religion)
/ Spiritualität
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| RelBib Classification: | AB Religionsphilosophie; Religionskritik; Atheismus AD Religionssoziologie; Religionspolitik AG Religiöses Leben; materielle Religion CB Christliche Existenz; Spiritualität KBA Westeuropa KBK Osteuropa |
| weitere Schlagwörter: | B
Spirituality
B Traditional Christian religiosity B Mysticism B religious decline B Believing without belonging B Religious Change |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Extending and building on previous work on the merits of Grace Davie’s theory about ‘believing without belonging’, this paper offers a comparative analysis of changes in the relationships between ‘believing’ and ‘belonging’ across countries. In doing so, two renditions of the theory that co-exist in Grace Davie’s work are distinguished, i.e., the typically foregrounded version about a de-institutionalization of Christianity and its often unnoticed counterpart about a spiritualization of religion. Societal growth curve modelling is applied to the data of the European Values Study for twenty European countries (1981-2008) to test hypotheses derived from both theories. The findings suggest that the typically foregrounded version of a de-institutionalization of Christianity needs to be rejected, while the typically unnoticed version of a spiritualization of religion is supported by the data. |
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| ISSN: | 2211-4866 |
| Enthält: | Enthalten in: Review of religious research
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| Persistent identifiers: | DOI: 10.1007/s13644-020-00432-z |