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Operationalizing the Civil Religion Concept at a Cross-Cultural Level

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ID2271225
AuthorsSergej Flere (0000-0003-1000-1413, University of Maribor, corresponding author), Miran Lavrič (0000-0002-5818-1647, University of Maribor)
Year2007
Volume46
Issue4
Pages595-604
Publication date2007-12-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueJournal for the Scientific Study of Religion (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0021-8294 • E-ISSN: 1468-5906
PublisherWiley (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1111/j.1468-5906.2007.00380.x
OpenAlexW2069658554
LanguageEN
Citations received8
References cited19

This study represents an attempt to operationalize and validate the civil religion concept on four different national samples. The cultural heritage of these countries varies greatly, and according to Samuel Huntington's (1994) classification, they belong to three different civilizations. Exploratory and confirmatory factor analyses were used to confirm the statistical adequacy of a proposed civil religion scale at the national and at the cross-cultural level. Civil religion proved to be a separate dimension from general religiosity, as well as from traditionalism, both at the cross-cultural and at the national level, although closely linked to these. Of the latter two background variables, civil religion proved to be linked more to traditionalism

Civil Religion · Confirmatory factor analysis · Dimension (graph theory) · Epistemology · Operationalization · Political science · Pure mathematics · Religiosity · Social science · Sociology · Statistics · Structural equation modeling · Traditionalism · Cultural Differences and Values · Law · Mathematics · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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