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Dimenze soudobé české religiozity [What Do Czechs Believe In? Dimensions of Contemporary Czech Religiosity]

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ID10566705
AuthorsDana Hamplová (0000-0002-4212-6475, Czech Academy of Sciences, Institute of Sociology, corresponding author)
Year2008
Volume44
Issue4
Pages703-724
Publication date2008-08-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueCzech Sociological Review (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0038-0288 • E-ISSN: 2336-128X
PublisherInstitute of Sociology of the Czech Academy of Sciences (PUBLISHER • CZ)
DOI10.13060/00380288.2008.44.4.05
OpenAlexW3033156287
LanguageCS
Citations received13
References cited16

Although the Czech Republic is usually regarded as one of the most secular countries in Europe, current sociological surveys indicate that there is still a strong interest in supernatural and spiritual questions. This article begins by documenting the popularity of various religious concepts and then proceeds to analyse the socio-demographic factors that infl uence religious beliefs. The author tries to answer the question of whether and how people who believe in some kind of religious phenomenon differ in terms of sociodemographic characteristics from those who do not believe. There are two dimensions behind religious statements: a 'traditional' Christian outlook and an 'alternative' view connected with a belief in the power of magic. Further analyses indicated that traditional and alternative religious beliefs are connected with numerous socio-demographic characteristics, the most important of which is religious socialisation, measured by the frequency with which a person attended at religious services as a child and by the religious denomination of a person's mother

Czech · Linguistics · Political science · Religiosity · Philosophy · Psychology · Reformation and Early Modern Christianity · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices · Social Psychology

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