Religious diversity across the globe

A Geographic Exploration

Dados Bibliográficos

ID3977699
AutoresBarney Warf (0000-0002-4681-5286, Florida State University), Peter Vincent (0000-0002-2641-1874, Lancaster University)
Ano2007
Volume8
Fascículo4
Páginas597-613
Data de publicação2007-08-01
Peer ReviewedSim
Open AccessNão
TipoARTICLE
PeriódicoSocial & Cultural Geography (JOURNAL)
Identificadores do periódicoISSN: 1464-9365 • E-ISSN: 1470-1197
EditoraInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/14649360701529857
OpenAlexW2040734323
IdiomaEN
Citações recebidas10
Referências citadas50

This paper examines religious diversity at the global scale for 237 countries using data from the World Christian Database. It explores the social forces driving religious diversity, including national histories, demographic trends, and government policies, as well as the relations between religious diversity and religiosity. It summarizes several conceptual approaches to this topic. Empirically, four measures of diversity are employed: the number of religions in each country; proportion of adherents in the largest faith; the Shannon index; and the Simpson index. These are mapped using both conventional choropleths and Dorling cartograms. The diversity measures show that China, India, Russia, Japan, and Indonesia are among the world's most religiously diverse states, and contrary to received wisdom, are more diverse than the USA, which is often regarded as the most diverse in the world

Cartography · China · Diversity (politics · Diversity index · Faith · Geography · Globe · Government (linguistics · Index (typography · Political science · Religiosity · Religious diversity · Scale (ratio · Social science · Sociology · Anthropology · Law · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religious Tourism and Spaces · Ecology