Religious Freedom in Context: A Comparison Between Belarus and Romania

Breskaya, Olga; Rogobete, Silviu E.

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-28687-3_7

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“…Earlier studies have shown that the young people whose attitudes are surveyed in this work also display high levels of religious practice and belief, with 81% of the sample considering themselves as believers, 88% praying regularly, and 44% attending religious services at least once a month (Rogobete and Reisz 2018). Such figures are higher than in other European nations, as shown by results of comparative studies based on the same data (Unser et al 2018;Breskaya et al 2019;Breskaya and Rogobete 2020). Hence, in this study too, religiosity will be assessed both in regard to its content/substance, and its various forms of manifestation.…”

Section: Religion Values and Developmentmentioning

confidence: 48%

Drivers of Development in a Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of the Potential Impact of Religiosity and Individual Values on Core Human Rights Relevant to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030

Rogobete

Pețan²

2020

Religions

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The aim of this study is to analyse the complex interplay between religiosity, individual values, and support for human rights relevant to development, in a Romanian context marked by high levels of religiosity and low levels of socioeconomic development. The study employs a quantitative empirical research project involving high school students (N-681) in all the capital cities of the regional development areas of Romania. The results of hierarchical multiple regression analysis indicate that some dimensions of religiosity (religious belief and faith) are positive predictors of support for socioeconomic rights, universalism, and human dignity, and thus are conducive to sustainable development attitudes and practices. However, other dimensions, such as theism, positively predict traditionalism, while negatively predicting universalism, which may indicate a lower propensity towards supporting development. Hence, it can be inferred that for this sample, religiosity has a real but limited role in supporting some human rights and individual values conducive to a culture of development relevant to the United Nations (UN) 2030 Agenda. Individual values such as self-direction and universalism seem to play a more important role.

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Section: Religion Values and Developmentmentioning

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Drivers of Development in a Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of the Potential Impact of Religiosity and Individual Values on Core Human Rights Relevant to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030

Rogobete

Pețan²

2020

Religions

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Religion and Existential Security: An Empirical Study of Religion and Socio-Economic Rights Amongst High-School Learners in Post-Atheist, Post-Totalitarian Romania

Rogobete

Vitelar²

2020

Religion and Human Rights

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Social perception of religious freedom: Testing the impact of secularism and state-religion relations

2021

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The measures and correlates of religious freedom constitute a comparatively new area of study eliciting research at the level of state agency and judicial institutions. The article adds to this the individual level of analysis by introducing a five-dimensional concept of the Social Perception of Religious Freedom (SPRF). It discusses results of its testing on a convenience sample of 1035 Italian University students. We examine the predictive power of ‘passive’ and ‘assertive’ secularism and patterns of state-religion relations vis-à-vis SPRF. While ‘passive’ secularism has a significant positive influence on four of five dimensions of religious freedom, the ‘assertive’ secularism has no effect on it. Findings suggest that the models of an endorsed Catholic Church and state control over religion have mostly negative effects on the SPRF. Moreover, individuals with stronger religious identity are more supportive of the endorsed models of state-religion relations while politically engaged respondents do not favor them.

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Religious Freedom in Context: A Comparison Between Belarus and Romania

Cited by 3 publications

References 25 publications

Drivers of Development in a Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of the Potential Impact of Religiosity and Individual Values on Core Human Rights Relevant to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030

Drivers of Development in a Romanian Context: An Empirical Study of the Potential Impact of Religiosity and Individual Values on Core Human Rights Relevant to the United Nations’ Agenda 2030

Religion and Existential Security: An Empirical Study of Religion and Socio-Economic Rights Amongst High-School Learners in Post-Atheist, Post-Totalitarian Romania

Social perception of religious freedom: Testing the impact of secularism and state-religion relations

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