Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

McPhail, Brian L.; Yang, Fenggang

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“…Socialization is perceived to have failed in cases of subsequent religious change, which may be one aspect of a broader rebellion against parents (Bengtson et al 2018). Religious socialization is less effective where parents are less committed (Smith 2021; Uecker and Ellison 2012), belong to different religious traditions (McPhail and Yang 2020), and in cases of parental divorce or death (Wilkinson 2018; Zhai et al 2007).…”

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Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America

Beider

2022

Review of Religious Research

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Background It is estimated that around half of American adults have changed religion or denomination at least once, yet little is known about the effect of different motives on these changes. Purpose This paper seeks to understand the motives driving religious change and the relationship between the reason for religious change on the nature of that change, be it denominational switching, conversion, or disaffiliation. Methods The data come from the Pew 2007 Religious Landscape Survey and 2008 Conversion Recontact Survey. First, reasons for changing religion are presented, followed by a series of binary logistic and multinomial regressions that analyze religious changes, their motivations, and justifications. Results Among the many reasons for changing religious affiliation, motives directly associated with personal aspects of religion are much more commonly cited than mundane rationales, such as marriage or geographic mobility. Disaffiliates are more likely to view their religious change as being motivated by personal religious concerns, whereas denominational switchers and, to a lesser extent, converts tend to cite mundane motives. Conclusions and Implications Decisions regarding affiliation are the most likely to be attributed to personal religious motives, either in an attempt to justify actions to family and friends who have remained religious or because affiliation and non-affiliation are perceived as religiously distinct. Denomination switching and conversion are associated with mundane motives, perhaps due to the rise of religious pluralism, which asserts the validity of a range of religious options, reducing the religious significance of denominational switching and conversion. Thus, personal religious motives play a role in deciding whether to consume religion as a product, while choices regarding a particular brand of religion are attributed to more mundane concerns. This paper adds to our understanding of the interplay between secular, communal, and personal religious motives in shaping religious preferences. In doing so, it sheds light on the nature of such decisions and the broader religious landscape. Additionally, it may provide insights useful to religious leaders on how they might best attract new affiliates.

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Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America

Beider

2022

Review of Religious Research

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Religious Discrimination Toward Other Religious Groups by Descendants of Religiously Heterogamous Versus Homogamous Parents

Leite

Dias

2023

Pastoral Psychol

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This study aimed to develop a model that explains personal attitudes toward religious groups and the role of parental religious heterogamy and homogamy. The sample included 32,595 participants from 26 countries around the world and was obtained from the International Social Survey Programme. Participants whose parents were religiously homogamous presented higher well-being, better health perception, and higher religiosity than participants whose parents were religiously heterogamous. Having had parental heterogamy or homogamy is a moderator of the relationship between religious practice and attitudes toward religious groups, with this relationship being stronger among participants who had parental homogamy. Religious variables are directly related to heterogamy/homogamy and indirectly related to well-being and personal attitude toward religious groups through parents’ religious heterogamy/homogamy. Religious variables are related to personal attitudes toward religious groups through patents’ religious heterogamy/homogamy and well-being. Participants whose parents are religiously heterogamous present a more negative attitude toward Christians, Muslims, Hindus, and Jews, and participants whose parents are religiously homogamous present a more negative attitude toward atheists or nonbelievers. In the context of globalization and the merging of cultures, these results open new research questions and may support religious, spiritual, and clinical practitioners in their approach to religious discrimination.

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The Sociology of Adolescent Religious and Spiritual Development

Hayward

Pearce

2021

Adolescent Res Rev

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Religious Heterogamy and the Intergenerational Transmission of Religion in China

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References 81 publications

Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America

Motivations and Types of Religious Change in Contemporary America

Religious Discrimination Toward Other Religious Groups by Descendants of Religiously Heterogamous Versus Homogamous Parents

The Sociology of Adolescent Religious and Spiritual Development

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