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Religion and parental values in a secularized country

Evidence from the Netherlands

Bibliographic Data

ID18960815
AuthorsI Sieben (0000-0003-4009-6775, Tilburg University, corresponding author), Loek Halman (0000-0001-5085-0538, Tilburg University)
Year2014
Volume61
Issue1
Pages121-140
Publication date2014-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueSocial Compass (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0037-7686 • E-ISSN: 1461-7404
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/0037768613513946
OpenAlexW2312962529
LanguageEN
Citations received13
References cited44

The authors explore the impact of religion on two key parental values – obedience and autonomy – in contemporary Dutch society, one of the most secularized countries in the world. Three main religious dimensions are investigated: belonging (religious denomination), behaving (church attendance) and believing (traditional beliefs about God). In analysing survey data from the 2008 European Values Study in the Netherlands, it was found that religious dimensions appear to be significant attributes of parental values. Furthermore, denominational differences in both autonomy and obedience can be explained by church attendance (network mechanism), whereas differences in autonomy can partly be explained by transcendental beliefs (moral mechanism). However, the heterogeneity of the religious population in the Netherlands makes conclusions anything but straightforward and sometimes contrary to theoretical expectations

Attendance · Autonomy · Church attendance · Epistemology · Obedience · Political science · Population · Premise · Secularization · Sociology · Survey data collection · Transcendental number · World Values Survey · Demography · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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Citation span2017 - 2025 (9)
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