God, Faith, and Death
The Impact of Biological and Religious Correlates on Mortality
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6067285 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Ariane Kemkes-Grottenthaler |
| Year | 2003 |
| Volume | 75 |
| Issue | 6 |
| Pages | 897-915 |
| Publication date | 2003-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Human Biology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0018-7143 • E-ISSN: 1534-6617 |
| Publisher | Project MUSE (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1353/hub.2004.0006 |
| PMID | 15018038 |
| OpenAlex | W2015796908 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 3 |
Marked denominational mortality differentials have been documented for various time periods and geographic locations. From a historical perspective, death rates among Catholics are often found to be higher than those among Protestants or Jews. Using a conceptual model based on the life history approach, biomedical and sociocultural factors of causation are extrapolated. In total, 5513 historical entries from family reconstitution were available. Selection of data was guided by the inclusion of information about religious affiliation. Only married couples with children as well as single mothers were considered. Of these, 1855 entries were of Roman Catholic (C), 1143 of Lutheran/Protestant (L/P), and 609 of Reformed Calvinist (R) denomination. With a focus on both adult and subadult mortality, this study attempted to document that the cultural patterns associated with religious behavior are merely proximate determinants, while the ultimate causes are biological in nature. Survival prospects depended on demographic and familial characteristics such as age-at-first-birth, spacing and stopping behavior, infant care, and targeted sibship size, rather than religiosity
Faith · Perspective (graphical · Protestantism · Religiosity · Sociocultural evolution · Sociology · Theology · Anthropology · Dietary Effects on Health · Grief, Bereavement, and Mental Health · Psychology · Religion, Spirituality, and Psychology · Demography · Philosophy · Religious Studies · Social Psychology
Socioeconomic Differences in Child Mortality in Central Poland at the End of the Nineteenth Century
Infant and Child Mortality Among Catholics and Lutherans in Nineteenth Century Poznań
Diseases, health status, and mortality in urban and rural environments
Secondary sex ratio variation during stressful times
Fertility Patterns and Reproductive Behaviours in the Lutheran and Catholic Populations from Historical Poland
Fertility and family structure in the Lutheran population of the parish of Trzebosz in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century
Marriage patterns among Lutherans from the parish of Trzebosz in the second half of the 19th century and the beginning of the 20th century
Reproductive behaviour in the Lutheran urban family from historical Poland (the Parish of St. Peter from Poznań, the second half of the nineteenth century)
Was there a European breastfeeding pattern
Ecological Conditions vs. Religious Denomination. Mortality Among Catholics and Lutherans in Nineteenth-Century Poznań
Marital Fertility and the Family in Poland from the Late Nineteenth to the Early Twentieth Century
Exploring the mortality advantage of Jewish neighbourhoods in mid-19th century Amsterdam
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0.6 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2022 (17) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |