Insecurity and Religiosity in Central America: A Comparative Study

This article studies the relationship between material and existential insecurity and religiosity at the individual level from a comparative perspective among the adult population in six countries of Central America: Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Nicaragua, Guatemala, and Panamá. We use a sampl...

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Authors: Turell, Jesirell (Author) ; Almási-Szabó, Lili (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Common Ground Publishing 2022
In: The international journal of religion and spirituality in society
Year: 2022, Volume: 13, Issue: 1, Pages: 79-97
Further subjects:B Central America
B Material insecurity
B Existential insecurity
B Evangelicals
B Religiosity
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