Secularization and Church Religiosity

Jagodzinski, Wolfgang; Dobbelaere, Karel

doi:10.1093/0198294751.003.0004

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“…The vast majority of the European countries included in this study are either Protestant or Catholic. 3 While Protestantism outlines religion as primarily a relationship between the individual and God (Jagodzinski and Dobbelaere 1998), the high degree of church involvement in Catholic countries is likely to be more effective in welding community members together (Nelsen 2004). This dimension of Catholicism is visible, for example, in the European integration process.…”

Section: A Contextual Perspective On Religion and Anti-immigration Atmentioning

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How the religious context affects the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards immigration

Bohman¹,

Hjerm²

2013

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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This article approaches two shortcomings in previous research on religiosity and prejudice: (1) the lack of cross-country comparative studies; and (2) a failure to consider any moderating effects of religious contexts. We examine whether the relationship between religiosity and anti-immigration attitudes varies depending on religious contexts in Europe, and we find two things. First, strongly religious people are on average less likely to oppose immigration than non-religious people. Second, different religious contexts moderate the religiosityÁattitude relationship in that religious people in Protestant countries and in countries with a low proportion of majority adherents are more tolerant than religious people in Catholic countries and in religiously homogenous countries. State policies also matter in that religious people are more negative where the government favours the majority religion. This calls into question the taken-for-granted understanding of religiosity and out-group attitudes found in the USA.

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Section: A Contextual Perspective On Religion and Anti-immigration Atmentioning

confidence: 99%

How the religious context affects the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards immigration

Bohman¹,

Hjerm²

2013

Ethnic and Racial Studies

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“…The decline in religious belief and traditional observance there is well documented (Jagodzinski and Dobbelaere 1995;Greeley 2003). The decline in religious belief and traditional observance there is well documented (Jagodzinski and Dobbelaere 1995;Greeley 2003).…”

Section: Religion and European Integrationmentioning

confidence: 99%

Does Religion Still Matter? Religion and Public Attitudes toward Integration in Europe

Nelsen

Guth

Highsmith

2010

Politics and Religion

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Recent years have seen a proliferation of studies on the determinants of support for the European Union among national publics. Scholars have analyzed economic, political, informational, and identity factors as influences, but there has been less exploration of cultural factors, most notably religion. This article replicates our earlier studies exploring the impact of confessional culture and religious commitment on support for the European Union, expanding the purview from early member states to more recent accessions and candidates for membership. Using Eurobarometer 65.2 (Papacostas 2006), we demonstrate that religion still shapes attitudes toward European integration, but in varying ways and to different extents in several parts of the Union. In early member states, Catholicsespecially committed onesare more supportive of the European Union than Protestants, confirming earlier findings. In more recent accessions, however, religion's impact is weaker and assumes different configurations. Finally, we present evidence that even in the early member states religion is losing its influence over Europeanist sentiment and suggest that this development presents obstacles to further political integration.Religion and politics may not mix well at dinner parties, but they undoubtedly interact in the real world of European governance. Recent examples abound. Early in this decade, religious and secular forces fought a pitched battle over proposals to mention Christianity as a source of values in the new European Constitution. Not long after, the European Parliament

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“…For example, in Belgium, most people do not identify with a religious denomination and report low levels of church attendance (Dobbelaere and Voyé 2000), yet a majority of the population still finds religion or spirituality important and adheres to a personal religious meaning system (Jagodzinski and Dobbelaere 1995). Relatedly, Zwingmann et al's (2006) study of German cancer patients failed to support a direct path between religious coping and psychosocial adjustment.…”

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Life Satisfaction in Chronic Pain Patients: The Stress-Buffering Role of the Centrality of Religion

Dezutter¹,

Robertson

Luyckx³

et al. 2010

Journal for the Scientific Study of Religion

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Chronic pain (CP) is a stressful condition that severely impacts individuals' lives. Researchers have begun to explore the role of religion for CP patients, but the literature is scarce, especially for West European populations. Drawing from the transactional theory of stress, this study examined the associations between the religious meaning system and the life satisfaction for a group of CP patients who were members of a Flemish patients' association. To take into account the religious landscape of West European countries, the centrality of one's religious meaning system, rather than religious content, was the focus. Results from the questionnaires completed by 207 patients suggest that the centrality of a meaning system is an important factor in the promotion of life satisfaction for this group, above and beyond the influence of several control variables. Furthermore, the centrality of the religious meaning system moderated or buffered the detrimental influence of pain severity on life satisfaction.

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Secularization and Church Religiosity

Cited by 60 publications

References 135 publications

How the religious context affects the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards immigration

How the religious context affects the relationship between religiosity and attitudes towards immigration

Does Religion Still Matter? Religion and Public Attitudes toward Integration in Europe

Life Satisfaction in Chronic Pain Patients: The Stress-Buffering Role of the Centrality of Religion

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