Accelerated Decline of Religious Beliefs in Europe
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7728259 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Mattei Dogan (0000-0002-0262-5392, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2002 |
| Volume | 1 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 127-149 |
| Publication date | 2002-01-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Comparative Sociology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1569-1322 • E-ISSN: 1569-1330 |
| Publisher | Walter de Gruyter GmbH (PUBLISHER • DE) |
| DOI | 10.1163/156913302100418466 |
| OpenAlex | W1965487459 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 5 |
There is no filiation between the agnosticism of intellectual elites in previous centuries and today's decline of religious beliefs in the populace. The analysis is based on several international mass surveys concerning twenty European countries between 1980 and 2000. Religious beliefs are considered as observable social facts. Seven tables bring empirical evidence. The analysis of survey research are preceded by a review of the current sociological literature, particularly in France, on the "crisis of Catholicism", "dechristianisation", "paganisation", "apostasy", and of the papal encyclics and Episcopal declarations
Agnosticism · Apostasy · Atheism · Economics · Epistemology · Political science · Positive economics · Religiosity · Social science · Sociological research · Sociology · Sociology of religion · Theology · Law · Philosophy · Psychology · Religion and Society Interactions · Religious studies · Social Psychology · Religious Studies
| Citations per year | 0.24 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2005 - 2021 (17) |
| Highly cited | No |