Non-affiliation, Non-denominationalism, Religious Switching, and Denominational Switching

Longitudinal Analysis of the Effects on Religiosity

Bibliographic Data

ID4232363
AuthorsDaniel Suh (0009-0008-9163-4354, Department of Sociology, Pierce College Puyallup, Puyallup, WA, USA), Daniel Hyun Suh (Pierce College, corresponding author), R Robert Russell (University of California, Riverside), Raymond Russell (University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA)
Year2015
Volume57
Issue1
Pages25-41
Publication date2015-03-01
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueReview of Religious Research (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 2211-4866 • E-ISSN: 0034-673X
PublisherSAGE Publications Inc (PUBLISHER)
DOI10.1007/s13644-014-0197-7
OpenAlexW1993508166
LanguageEN
Citations received19
References cited30

Using data taken from the General Social Survey panel data for 2006-2010, this paper examines the incidence and consequences of non-affiliation with religions and denominations and switching of religions and denominations. While previous studies have tended to conflate these phenomena, this paper documents that all four of these phenomena are becoming increasingly common in the contemporary United States, and that they differ substantially in their association with religiosity. Longitudinal analysis indicates that the effects of conversion from one religion to another are immediate and pervasive, leading to increases in scores on all measures of religiosity. Switching of denominations among Protestants, on the other hand, appear to have modest effects on respondents' behavior, but no significant effects on religious beliefs. Respondents with no religious affiliation at all score lower than other respondents on all measures of religiosity, and become less religious over time. Protestants with no denominational preference, in contrast, are similar to other Protestants in their religious beliefs and participation

Economics · General Social Survey · Preference · Religiosity · Religious identity · Social science · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religion, Society, and Development · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Social Psychology

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